C'EST LA VIE

To love is an exquisite pain
Being loved is only half as interesting.
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Life is a great big booze party
Death seems to be the hangover.
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Undying love requires the peculiar passion of youth
Then over the years, it becomes an occasional feeling.

ABSURDITY OVERCOME

A hot shower
A worn out silken scarf
Chicken broth and toast

The smell of well bound books
And Linseed mixed with turp
The light at the end of a wakeful night,
Tobacco, toils and burning eyes

Simple pleasures are the only luxury the complex can afford.