Friday, April 17, 2015

the unspeakable, part 1


illustrations by konrad kraus




and at the same time not show himself
it certainly was very good of you
she was only doing her duty

as though he were praying
his head fell on the table
as though he were praying

the car rolled along
more firm in my purpose than otherwise
since we are speaking of serious things

it certainly was very good of you
he does not see things the way we do
the car rolled along

since we are speaking of serious things
she felt real humiliation
it certainly was very good of you

because she felt real humiliation
at the same time not showing herself
the horror which she has discovered inside of him

she was only doing her duty
but the horror which she has discovered inside of him
at those moments i wept bitterly

because she was doing her duty
more firm in her purpose than otherwise
as she had been brought up to do

since we are speaking of serious things
she felt real humiliation
more firm in her purpose than otherwise



sources: frankenstein, by mary shelley; dracula, by bram stoker; three lives, by gertrude stein; the counterfeiters, by andre gide; native son, by richard wright; memoirs of a shy pornographer by kenneth patchen; finistere, by fritz peters; pictures from an institution, by randall jarrell; the kill-off, by jim thompson; last exit to brooklyn, by hubert selby; daughter of evil, by jerry weil; the dark side of love, by jerry weil


part 2



No comments:

Post a Comment