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• Aphorisms
• Daniel Liebert

One man alone is too much for one man alone.

—Antonio Porchia¹

Inspired by the Antonio Porchia quotation above, I have put aside aphorisms as varieties of "wit and word" games for a while to explore the question, "Can the writing of aphorisms be a profoundly serious activity of the inner life?" I hope to capture that "too-much-ness" of a man alone. We are all of us such intrinsically lovely, overwhelmed creatures.

It is too late too soon.Once I wasn't, but never again will I not have been.An ugly city is an ugly idea about man.A small boy prays to the God of small boys.There is only truth—what else could there be?The end of the poem is the oldest part of the poem.Even this pellet of mouse dung is a fated thing.Not even a handhold; a breathhold in this world is all.Here evokes infinite elsewheres. [End Page 463] I will die where I was born—in medias res.To have had a destiny—how I would have loved that!My secrets have secrets from me.I don't want what I need—I hate what I need.

Daniel Liebert St. Louis, Missouri

Footnotes

1. Antonio Porchia, "Voices," trans. Gonzalo Melchor, unpublished manuscript, 2008.

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• 丹尼尔·利伯特

一个人独自一人就太过分了。

——安东尼奥·波尔基亚¹

受到上面安东尼奥·波尔基亚引文的启发，我暂时把格言作为各种“智慧和文字”游戏放在一边，来探索这个问题：“格言的写作可以成为内心生活的一项深刻严肃的活动吗？” 我希望捕捉到一个人孤独时的“太多”。我们都是天生可爱、不知所措的生物。

太晚太快了。曾经我不是，但我再也不会。丑陋的城市是关于人的丑陋的想法。一个小男孩向小男孩之神祈祷。只有真理——还能有什么呢？诗的结尾是全诗最古老的部分。就连这一粒老鼠屎也是命中注定的东西。连一个把手都没有；在这个世界上，呼吸就是全部。这里唤起了无限的别处。[第463页完] 我将死在我出生的地方——媒体资源中。如果有一个命运——我该多么高兴啊！我的秘密对我来说是秘密。我不想要我需要的东西——我讨厌我需要的东西。

丹尼尔·利伯特 密苏里州圣路易斯

脚注

1. 安东尼奥·波尔基亚（Antonio Porchia），《声音》，译。贡萨洛·梅尔乔，未发表的手稿，2008 年。

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