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Chapter 8

           IhadGidelikemoments,buttheywerenotreciprocated,becausenowhereispederastymoreabominatedthaninbourgeoisGreece;thereatleastArnoldwouldhavefeltthoroughlyathome.Besides,Iwasn’tqueer;Isimplyunderstood(nailingalieinmyowneducation)howbeingqueermighthaveitsconsolations.ItwasnotonlythesolitudeitwasGreece.ItmadeconventionalEnglishnotionsofwhatwasmoralandimmoralridiculous;whetherornotIdidthesociallyunforgivableseemedinitselfmerelyamatterofappetite,likesmokingornotsmokinganewbrandofcigaretteastrivialasthat,fromamoralpointofview.Goodnessandbeautymaybeseparableinthenorth,butnotinGreece.Betweenskinandskinthereisonlylight.

           Andtherewasmypoetry.Ihadbeguntowritepoemsabouttheisland,aboutGreece,thatseemedtomephilosophicallyprofoundandtechnicallyexciting.Idreamtmoreandmoreofliterarysuccess.Ispenthoursstaringatthewallofmyroom,imaginingreviews,letterswrittentomebycelebratedfellowpoets,fameandpraiseandstillmorefame.IdidnotatthattimeknowEmilyDickinson’sgreatdefinition,herPublicationisnotthebusinessofpoets;beingapoetisall,beingknownasapoetisnothing.TheonanisticliterarypictureofmyselfIcaressedupoutofrealitybegantodominatemylife.Theschoolbecameaconvenientscapegoathowcouldonecomposeflawlessverseifonewassurroundedbyfutileroutine?

           Butthen,onebleakMarchSunday,thescalesdroppedfrommyeyes.

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