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this one is from end of 2015, created (at least it´s major part) in a winehouse in Karlín, Prague .. one of a few poems where i do like the English translation more than the original .. and a disproof of Quine´s theory of untranslatability based on a theorem that the author of the original is at the same time the author of the translation .. everything is in order then .. slightly inspired by a theory of "effective altruism" propagated by a philosopher Peter Singer whose lecture on this subject i have an opportunity to see live during his visit in Olomouc .. but about him i will sure talk another day, and elsewhere ..
efektivní
altruismus v praxi
xindlem buď
a nebude ti dáno
xylitolu do žvýkačky
kyanidu možná bude dáno ti
po kapkách
prokazujíce tím
službu lidstvu
oproštěním jej
od tvé přítomnosti
v tomto světě
a zároveň
prokazujíce tím službu mně
že už tě nebudu
muset vídat
ale to chci
asi moc
stačí mi málo
včera jsem
viděla
pána v metru
ráno seděl
v obleku a
kabátu
a četl Na
cestě
to mě
zaplavilo
nenadálým
štěstím
sice jen
pro ten oka
mžik
ale od té
doby
si nemohu
vzpomenout
kdy jsem
naposledy
plakala
kalamitou
není entropie
pijeme
věčnost
po kapkách
kachnička ve
vaně
němě civí
ale v tomto
momentě
má větší
smysl
než cokoli
jiného
kalamitou
není ani nihilismus
musíme dobře
rozkousat
tvrdá sousta
syrové smrti
a pak tepřiv
pochopíme
že smrt je
lidstvu
prospěšná
tedy v zájmu
veřejného zdraví
v návaznosti na trend
syrové (raw) stravy
pojďme pít
kyanid
po kapkách
namísto věčnosti
anebo napijme
se
rovnou z vany
prokažme
službu lidstvu
službu
velikosti maxi
čili
efektivní altruismus v praxi
effective altruism in practice
iceberg be
and an ice cube
won´t be given
to your glass of whiskey
cyanide maybe
will be given
to you
drop by drop
making a service
to humankind
setting it free
from your presence
in this world
and at the same time
making a service
to me
so that i won´t
have to be
meeting you anymore
but i know i want too much
there´s very little
that i need
to be happy
yesterday
i saw a man
sitting in a morning metro car
in a suit and coat
reading On the Road
that flooded me
with a sudden happiness
just only
for that moment thou
but since that time
i can´t remember
when was the last time
i cried
entropy is not a calamity
iceberg be
and an ice cube
won´t be given
to your glass of whiskey
cyanide maybe
will be given
to you
drop by drop
making a service
to humankind
setting it free
from your presence
in this world
and at the same time
making a service
to me
so that i won´t
have to be
meeting you anymore
but i know i want too much
there´s very little
that i need
to be happy
yesterday
i saw a man
sitting in a morning metro car
in a suit and coat
reading On the Road
that flooded me
with a sudden happiness
just only
for that moment thou
but since that time
i can´t remember
when was the last time
i cried
entropy is not a calamity
we drink eternity
drop by drop
a bathtube duck
stares numbly
but at this moment
it makes more sense
than anything else
nihilism is not a calamity either
we have to chew well
tough pieces
of raw death
and only then we realize
that death
is good for people
so in the name
of public health
within the continuity
of a trend
of raw nutrition
let´s drink
cyanide
drop by drop
instead of eternity
or better
let´s drink it
right from the bathtube
let´s make a service
to the humankind
a super size service
in other words
effective altruism in practice
drop by drop
a bathtube duck
stares numbly
but at this moment
it makes more sense
than anything else
nihilism is not a calamity either
we have to chew well
tough pieces
of raw death
and only then we realize
that death
is good for people
so in the name
of public health
within the continuity
of a trend
of raw nutrition
let´s drink
cyanide
drop by drop
instead of eternity
or better
let´s drink it
right from the bathtube
let´s make a service
to the humankind
a super size service
in other words
effective altruism in practice
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