HeyJaredRafael Katz Poems
These are selections from my own body of poetry, translated into Chinese and illustrated by Rafael Katz.
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Precious Object (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publisheda lifetime spent trying to create a precious object an object you will desire and for which you will pay a high price because it is priceless objectively speaking the forever law of impermanence points to the pointlessness of this point because eventually dissolves inevitably into dissolution <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i1TM!,f_auto,q_auto:good
Elio (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedSo much has happened since Elio died events ridiculous and tragic people ridiculous and tragic I learned life is not fair something I already knew I know good things happen to bad people bad things happen to good people there are no good or bad people just imaginations and observervations of pain and pleasure deferring dreams, realizing dreams tedious dreams the dream Elio, the poet, dreamt looking over the ocean blue seeing
Cicada (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedcrawl up through the dirt climb a tree shed your skin fly join the deafening chorus copulate die<source type=
Humans and Their Tears (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedbirds don’t cry for joy or sorrow because flight would be impossible with a head full of tears dogs, snivel and simper with emotion but don’t shed tears cats, feeling little for the hands that feed them so feline eyes never well up with tears monkeys, so similar to us in every way but don’t cry fish, swimming with mouths open therefore drink in mostly human tears<a class="image-link i
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