The legacy

qui dolorem ipsum, quia dolor sit
De finibus bonorum et malorum, Marcus Tullius Cicero

How can I not pity
the old beggar Cicero
for his most read text
being Lorem ipsum?

But I guess that suffices
for an indifficile reader
content with the life
of a tourist—myself.


More words to ponder at maciejmodzelewski.com

Requiescat

You know you are old
when your late-in-life children become adults
and you no longer draw the curtains
like the swords your forefathers drew
in all the new—for them, at least—lands.
Now you can simply find some well-deserved rest
in the inherited armchair
or tomb.


More words to ponder at maciejmodzelewski.com