Thursday, November 24, 2011

ONE FOR PHILIP MARLOWE'S DADDY

Knowing you're great
does not mean
you're not great,
and it does not mean
you don't hate yourself
for believing it.
Being a fraud
is being an artist.
Truth lies
everywhere:
among the pleasures,
among the pains,
a mixture
of a maddening brew.
Nurse it
or guzzle--
it can never be
distilled.

Norman Savage
Greenwich Village, 2011

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