leave my corpse
to whomever wishes to burn it:
make an end
to the life we’ve made
warm my memory
and die gracefully
when you wish to
youth, in some way
redeems mediocrity
in the United states importance is only granted to best selling writers (the rest are part of an indispensable mudhole over which statues are erected). As for the french, all french writers are important. In England there are no writers of any importance to anyone: letters keep a safe distance away from the pub. In spain, before discussing weighty matters, it would be a good idea to explain to the people what a writer is. Above all to the professors, and the fleshy critics.