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<\/a>NOTHING\u2019S A GIFT<\/span><\/p>\nNothing\u2019s a gift, it\u2019s all on loan.
I\u2019m drowning in debts up to my ears.
I\u2019ll have to pay for myself
with my self,
give up my life for my life.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s how it\u2019s arranged:
The heart can be repossessed,
the liver, too,
and each single finger and toe.<\/p>\n
Too late to tear up the terms,
my debts will be repaid,
and I\u2019ll be fleeced,
or, more precisely, flayed.<\/p>\n
I move about the planet
in a crush of other debtors.
some are saddled with the burden
of paying off their wings.
Others must, willy-nilly,
account for every leaf.<\/p>\n
Every tissue in us lies
on the debit side.
Not a tenacle or tendril
is for keeps.<\/p>\n
The inventory, infinitely detailed,
implies we\u2019ll be left
not just empty-handed
but handless too.<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t remember
where, when, and why
I let someone open
this account in my name.<\/p>\n
We call the protest against this
the soul.
And it\u2019s the only item
not included on the list.<\/p>\n
~ Wislawa Szymborska ~<\/p>\n
Poems New and Collected 1957-1997<\/span>,<\/span> trans. S. Baranczak and C. Cavanagh<\/p>\n Thank you, Kayle!<\/span><\/p>\n NOTHING\u2019S A GIFT Nothing\u2019s a gift, it\u2019s all on loan.I\u2019m drowning in debts up to my ears.I\u2019ll have to pay for myselfwith my self,give up my life for my life. Here\u2019s how it\u2019s arranged:The heart can be repossessed,the liver, too,and each single finger and toe. Too late to tear up the terms,my debts will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/33904114-8527606624616456863?l=monkeymindonline.blogspot.com\")