Proofs
Death will not correct
a single line of verse
she is no proof-reader
she is no sympathetic
lady editor
a bad metaphor is immortal
a shoddy poet who has died
is a shoddy dead poet
a bore bores after death
a fool keeps up his foolish chatter
from beyond the grave
— Tadeusz Różewicz
(translated by Adam Czerniawski)
Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright, died April 24, 2014.
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