Education for Leisure
Today I am going to kill something. Anything.
I have had enough of being ignored and today
I am going to play God. It is an ordinary day,
a sort of grey with boredom stirring in the streets.
I have had enough of being ignored and today
I am going to play God. It is an ordinary day,
a sort of grey with boredom stirring in the streets.
I squash a fly against the window with my thumb.
We did that at school. Shakespeare. It was in
another language and now the fly is in another language.
I breathe out talent on the glass to write my name.
We did that at school. Shakespeare. It was in
another language and now the fly is in another language.
I breathe out talent on the glass to write my name.
I am a genius. I could be anything at all, with half
the chance. But today I am going to change the world.
Something’s world. The cat avoids me. The cat
knows I am a genius, and has hidden itself.
the chance. But today I am going to change the world.
Something’s world. The cat avoids me. The cat
knows I am a genius, and has hidden itself.
I pour the goldfish down the bog. I pull the chain.
I see that it is good. The budgie is panicking.
Once a fortnight, I walk the two miles into town
for signing on. They don’t appreciate my autograph.
I see that it is good. The budgie is panicking.
Once a fortnight, I walk the two miles into town
for signing on. They don’t appreciate my autograph.
There is nothing left to kill. I dial the radio
and tell the man he’s talking to a superstar.
He cuts me off. I get our bread-knife and go out.
The pavements glitter suddenly. I touch your arm.
and tell the man he’s talking to a superstar.
He cuts me off. I get our bread-knife and go out.
The pavements glitter suddenly. I touch your arm.
Educação
para o fare niente
Hoje
vou matar uma coisa. Qualquer coisa.
Chega
de ser ignorada, hoje
Sou
em quem é Deus. É um dia normal,
uma
espécie de cinza de tédio evola-se das ruas.
Esmifro
um insecto na janela com o polegar.
Era
o que fazíamos no liceu. Shakespeare. Estava noutro idioma e agora o insecto
está noutra língua.
Respiro
talento na vidraça onde escrevo o meu nome.
Sou
uma génia. Podería ser qualquer cosa com metade
das
oportunidades. Mas hoje vou mudar o mundo.
O
mundo de alguma coisa. O gato esquiva-se-me. O gato
sabe
que sou uma génia e escondeu-se.
Deito
o peixe na retrete. Explose da cadeia.
Acho
bem. O periquito está aterrorizado.
Uma
vez em cada duas semanas, ando duas milhas até à cidade
para
autografar. Eles não apreciam os meus autógrafos.
Não
fica nada matar. Telefono para a radio
E
digo ao locutor que está a falar com uma estrela.
Sabota-me.
Pego na faca do pão e ponho-me a mexer.
A
calçada brilha de repente. Toco o teu braço.