Xli Poems/La guerre 2
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Humanity i love youbecause you would rather black the boots ofsuccess than enquire whose soul dangles from hiswatch-chain which would be embarassing for both
parties-and because youunflinchingly applaud allsongs containing the words country home andmother when sung at the old howard
Humanity i love you becausewhen you're hard up you pawn yourintelligence to buy a drink and whenyou're flush pride keeps
you from the pawn shop andbecause you are continually committingnuisances but moreespecially in your own house
Humanity i love you because youare perpetually putting the secret oflife in your pants and forgettingit's there and sitting down
on itand because you areforever making poems in the lapof death-Humanity
i hate you