氣喘症患者
因為你推翻不了生活，你無法呼吸。
因為怕無家可歸，你無法呼吸
因為你開始珍惜時間，你無法呼吸
因為你永遠得不到漂亮的選擇 ，你無法呼吸，你無法呼吸
因為你的憂傷回不去它的原點 ，你無法呼吸
因為你相信你不該遠在他方 ，你無法呼吸
因為這裡是死亡陰影的山谷，你無法呼吸
因為你不該在這裡
因為你不知道什麼要來，你無法呼吸
因為這是你的世界 ，也不是你的， 你無法呼吸
因為你休息，因為你奮鬥 ，因為你不工作。你無法呼吸
因為你讓世界闖入了你我之間，你無法呼吸
因為深呼吸的概念，你無法呼吸
因為你想選擇 ， 你無法呼吸
因為你找到歡迎我的詞彙，你無法呼吸
太陽在水面上閃閃發光
海浪拍打著岩岸
黃色窗簾緊倚著舷窗
推進器催促著人們入眠
你與某個穿綠毛衣的陌生女子分離
因為你征服的愛 ，你無法呼吸
因為你不會將我視為對等 ，你無法呼吸
因為你命令守衛關上門 ，讓人無法呼吸
因為像無形的蠟封一樣 ，這是個滿蓋秩序紋章的世界
因為你獲得了神的正義 ，因為正義來的迅速又完美無缺 ，你無法呼吸
因為你受不了分離， 因為你的冷漠被擊潰
因為你用那純粹的面罩呼吸
因為你屈服於它們的中立客觀理性:
她的綠毛衣 ，布滿閃電的島嶼，你對愛的距離，你氣喘吁吁的困境
你無法呼吸
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The Asthmatic
Because you will not overthrow your life. You cannot breathe. Because of the
panic of homelessness. You cannot breathe. Because you have begun to worship
time. You cannot breathe. Because you will never have the beautiful one. You
cannot breathe. Because your sorrow will not return to its birthplace. You
cannot breathe. Because you believe you were not meant to be so far away. You
cannot breathe. Because this is the valley of the shadow of death. You cannot
breathe. Because you cannot be here.
Because you do not know what is coming. You cannot breathe.
Because this world is yours and it is not yours.
You cannot breathe.
Because you rest, because you strive, because you do not work. You cannot
breathe. Because you let the world come between you and me. You cannot
breathe. Because of an idea of the calm breath. You cannot breathe.
Because you want to choose a way. You cannot breathe. Because you find the
language to welcome me. You cannot breathe. The sun is sparkling all over the
blue water. The stony shore is laved by the sea. Yellow curtains are sucked
against the portholes. The propeller wants everyone to go to sleep. You
separate yourself from an unknown woman in a green sweater. Because of your
love of conquering. You cannot breathe. Because you will not address me as an
equal. Because you have commanded the guards to shut down the doors and take
away breathing. Because the world is stamped with order, like a seal in
formless wax. Because you have a God of justice. Because the justice is
immediate and flawless. You cannot breathe. Because you cannot uphold your
separation. Because your strangerhood is defeated. Because you breathe your
breath through the mask of purity. Because you consign to the pale of
objectivity her green sweater, the flashing islands, your distance from love,
and your whole breathless predicament. You cannot breathe.
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Everyman's Library Pocket Poets: Leonard Cohen p131
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