Stenograph
Kurt F. Svatek
Alas, there’s not a single rose
and least of all the one that blushes
most
which lacks the thorns
although no one will come to terms
with that.
Because as soon as one’s illusions
grew
they will be raped away
and most of them
by one’s own disbelief.
And even to the salesman you will
give
most frequently your valuable coins
to get a small amount
of almost worthless change,
not earning more
for all the difference
but the cognition thoroughly repeated
of being powerless by your own sight.