grow rich slowly

I’ll give you a naked account of what is

a spitting mirror image

what is good belongs to me

and what is bad is foreign

consider all the social and historic preconditions

that enable us to fully grasp

the experience of time

a still cord stretched to its breaking point

like shattered glass of random instances

I want to see how much I can bear

in the future in the present

people still grow old and die

you tried to die and failed again?

Better luck next time

May this teach you to be smart

may you learn to grow rich slowly!

the early instance far too sweet

the aftertaste too bitter

just be yourself, but richer

or they’ll cry at all your jokes