The old man said The introversion of war Is the main task of our time Now it makes its poem, when the sky stops killing I try to turn my acts inward and deeper Almost a poem If it splash outside All right My teacher says Go deeper The day when the salmon coloured flowers open I will essay Go deeper The day when the salmon coloured flowers open I will essay Make my poem Going to prison The clang of the steel door It is my choice But the steel door does clang The introversion of this act Past its seeming, past all thought of effect, Until it is something like Writing a poem in my silent room On a spring morning of young wood Of green wood It will not burn But the dreams burn My hands have ashes on them They fear it And so they destroy the nearest things My hands have ashes on them They fear it And so they destroy the nearest things You hold a secret A knowledge lost long time ago Or it's simulacrum And you're quoting books of Cortazar As we tear our hearts wide open On the edge of the end On the edge of the end On the edge of the end On the edge of the end I just wish to thank you for mutual decaying I just wish to thank you And I hope I won't fail And I hope I won't fail And I hope I won't fail I hope I won't fail Escape, escape We'll escape, escape Escape, escape We'll escape, escape Fighting for ever And so they destroy the nearest things