Being on everybody's tongue and being
furtively watched by the prettiest girls
is the advantage of the boys
who work their way up laughing
at the expense of the dear souls
of their former friends
who do not understand
the betrayal and withdraw
in a hurt longing
for the former intimacy
when the girls still were
living in another world
(Some guys exaggerate
their toughness, they overshoot
the mark, so stupid
they are, that everyone
suffers a loss, no
a person can't be worse)
Poem 4771 Amsterdam, 2022-11-03 Close (Lukas Dhont) Essay "Le leggi fondamentali della stupidità umana" ("The basic laws of human stupidity", 1976, Carlo Cipolla [Pavia 1922-2000]): there are bandits, intelligent, helpless and stupid people Film "Close" (Lukas Dhont) Collection:Freend Keyword:Friendship: past Tribute to:Dhont, Lukas Tribute to:Cipolla, Carlo