— Friedrich Hebbel

in the night now thinking of the years & the women gone, not even minding the years lost forever if we could just have some peace now a year of peace, a month of peace, a week of peace, not peace for the world, just a selfish bit of peace

for me to loll in like in green warm water, just a bit of it, just an hour of it, some peace, yes, in the night in the night while thinking of the years lost & the women gone in this very dark & lonely night.