Ode To Victor Hugo(70) ‘the Miserable' (One Can Eat Or Be Eaten) Poem by Freeyad Ibrahim

By Freeyad Ibrahim

To renounce the things
of this earth for Paradise
is to throw away the substance
for the shadow.
To be the dupe of the Infinite-
that doesn't suit me!
I am nothing,
I am Count Nothing, senior.
Did I exist before my birth?
No!
Shall I exist after my death?
No!
What am I but an organized handful of dust!
What am I to do on Earth?
I have a Choice
I can suffer or enjoy,
Where will suffering end?
In oblivion,
and I shall have suffered.
Where will enjoyment end?
Also in oblivion,
But I shall have enjoyed.
I have made my choice;
One can eat or be eaten
And I would sooner eat
it is better to be teeth
than the grass.
That is the way I look at it.
In the end whatever you do,
The grave is waiting

Freyad Hugo
(Author, poet)