It's beautiful when - Dan Sociu

How sad and beautiful man is when he’s wrong
about the world (and maybe he’ll never
know), like the cat driven mad
by the shining of a knife on the wall.
It forgets about everything else and it flies
into a rage directly to the playful spot
of light—and every time
it falls flat on its face and every time,
without hesitation, it throws itself
on that glow which is actually
nothing, doesn’t mean anything, is
useless. Indeed, if it disappears, it lies
still at the wall and waits,
with trembling whiskers, for it to return.

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Dan Sociu (born 1978) Romania
Translated by Ana-Maria Tone
Source: Scarriet