Poem of the Day: Song of the Dwarf

[Mark Kohut]

Yes and LIKE, Like that 
Rilke.....must be newer translation. 

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>                                                                                             Poem of the Day: Song of the Dwarf 
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>                                    by Rainer Maria Rilke
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>                                        Maybe my soul is straight and good,
> but she's got to lug my heart, my blood,
> which all hurts because it's crooked;
> its weight sends her staggering.
> She has no bed, she has no home,
> she merely hangs on my sharp bones,
> flapping her terrible wings.
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> And my hands are completely shot, 
> shriveled, worn: here, take a look
> at how they clammily, clumsily hop
> like rain-crazed toads.
> As for all the other stuff,
> it's all used up and sad and old—
> why doesn't God haul me out to the muck
> and let me drop.
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> Is it because of my mug
> with its frowning mouth?
> So often I would itch
> to be luminous and free of fog 
> but nothing would approach
> except big dogs.
> And the dogs got zilch.
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> Source: Poetry (June 2011).
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>                                            Rainer Maria Rilke
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