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Alfred Schaffer

SED LIBERA NOS A MALO

SED LIBERA NOS A MALO

SED LIBERA NOS A MALO

- Sir Mister sir!
- What
- Sir Mister please!
- Please what I’m in a hurry
- Please help me sir!
- Help you with what
- I’m hungry sir
- Are you
- I’m homeless sir
- Are you really
- Yes sir help me!
- I never carry any cash
- Please help me sir
- So how can I help then
- Write me a poem
- A poem
- Yes something real
- Sorry can't do – ask someone else I’m in a hurry
plenty of other people on the street you could ask
- Write me a poem!
- Is that a threat why would I
- You’re a poet
- That’s not true anyway how do you know
- The way you’re thinking of an excuse to walk away
- Hmm… write you a poem
- Yes sir
- A real poem
- Yes sir
- Now how would that help you
- Write me a poem with the word house in it
- You mean a house to live in
- Write me a poem with the word food in it
- Any food
- Any food I eat anything
- Don’t know if I can do that
- But you’re powerful you’re a poet
- I’m afraid you’ve got it all wrong
- Don’t be afraid – write me a poem with the word
handshake in it-
You can’t be real
- I stink I’m real
- Well I can’t smell you
- Write me a poem with the word rain in it
- But what will a poem do for fuck’s sake
- It will rescue me
- I wouldn’t be so sure about that
- How could it not rescue me how could it not
- Long story – and if I refuse
- I’ll probably kill you – yes I’ll kill you
- In the middle of all these people shopping you’ve got guts
- Not that kind of murder
- I don’t have a pen with me
- You can use mine
- Don’t have anything to write on
- Here write on the back of my hand
- That will be a small poem then
- It’ll do just fine
- It’ll fade away in time
- I’ll learn it by heart
- Surely it must have a title
- ‘About us’
-‘About us’ – some title you want that to be the title
- Yes now hurry before it’s too late
- Okay then give me your hand
- You’re still looking around why are you still
looking around
- I’m trying to think of something that can rescue us both
- But you know what you want to write
- Yes I just don’t know how to start
- Here, let me help you

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SED LIBERA NOS A MALO

- Sir Mister sir!
- What
- Sir Mister please!
- Please what I’m in a hurry
- Please help me sir!
- Help you with what
- I’m hungry sir
- Are you
- I’m homeless sir
- Are you really
- Yes sir help me!
- I never carry any cash
- Please help me sir
- So how can I help then
- Write me a poem
- A poem
- Yes something real
- Sorry can't do – ask someone else I’m in a hurry
plenty of other people on the street you could ask
- Write me a poem!
- Is that a threat why would I
- You’re a poet
- That’s not true anyway how do you know
- The way you’re thinking of an excuse to walk away
- Hmm… write you a poem
- Yes sir
- A real poem
- Yes sir
- Now how would that help you
- Write me a poem with the word house in it
- You mean a house to live in
- Write me a poem with the word food in it
- Any food
- Any food I eat anything
- Don’t know if I can do that
- But you’re powerful you’re a poet
- I’m afraid you’ve got it all wrong
- Don’t be afraid – write me a poem with the word
handshake in it-
You can’t be real
- I stink I’m real
- Well I can’t smell you
- Write me a poem with the word rain in it
- But what will a poem do for fuck’s sake
- It will rescue me
- I wouldn’t be so sure about that
- How could it not rescue me how could it not
- Long story – and if I refuse
- I’ll probably kill you – yes I’ll kill you
- In the middle of all these people shopping you’ve got guts
- Not that kind of murder
- I don’t have a pen with me
- You can use mine
- Don’t have anything to write on
- Here write on the back of my hand
- That will be a small poem then
- It’ll do just fine
- It’ll fade away in time
- I’ll learn it by heart
- Surely it must have a title
- ‘About us’
-‘About us’ – some title you want that to be the title
- Yes now hurry before it’s too late
- Okay then give me your hand
- You’re still looking around why are you still
looking around
- I’m trying to think of something that can rescue us both
- But you know what you want to write
- Yes I just don’t know how to start
- Here, let me help you

SED LIBERA NOS A MALO

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