Mar 6, 2009
"

For half a century
poetry was
a solemn fool’s paradise.
Until I came along
with my rollercoaster.

Climb on, if you want.
Though of course I can’t be responsible if you get off
bleeding from the mouth and the nose.

"

Nicanor Parra, from Natasha Wimmer’s introduction to The Savage Detectives, by Roberto Bolaño

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