To try not to be, or to be?
is the question this poet is asked
by agreeing a poet's a liar.
Being means persuasion,
means tricks;
trying not to lie
requires removal,
trick by trick,
of persuasions,
and awareness of new tricks arising,
new forms of rhetoric.
It's not easy being me
trying not to be.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
the words have played a game in the mind of douglas scotney...thank you for sharing..