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The Collector

10 Dec, 2025
The Collector

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The Collector

(An unpublished & poetic love story, in 45 sextuplets)

 

1:

There is no room for doubt.
How did it all happen so suddenly?
although whoever is in a hurry stumbles.
He saw me and was agitated,
her silence was lost
and secretly, he unfolded a map.

 

2:

I tell her: "You're setting up a machine for me,
or maybe you're embarrassed
and are you looking for a way to catch up with me?"

He tells me: "It's not possible."
Sorry for the pun, too.
but I got tired of the distances...

 

3:

...and besides, know that I,
I hate distances.
and I would like to start from the beginning."

"Then –I tell her– What are you asking?
And what do you ask of me?
"I'm not going to serve you."
.

 

4:

I looked at her and laughed,
I immediately passed her.
and I showed that I wanted to leave.
She didn't accept it,
it seems he thought about it
and shouted: "Stay a little longer."

 

5:

I leaned over and kissed her,
I rolled into her arms,
as if I were a billiard ball.
We swirled together,
We gave ourselves to love,
fugitives from the sea of ​​emptiness.

 

6:

We didn't care at all.
the scene that looked like
as if it were a Fellini film.
The sky was heavy,
cloudy rainy
and the humidity refreshed my skin memory.

7:

I read her poems.
who talked about victims
of a great holy war.
He listened to me indifferently,
He talked about various things,
He couldn't stand it and said: “Oh my God…

 

8:

...I never expected it.
through these texts
to make up such a story."
I told her that the secret,
is to listen to history,
while at the same time not paying attention.

 

9:

The next morning,
I ran to get supplies.
various things from the supermarket.
And she, wanting very much
to listen to some music,
he preferred Bobby Hackett's Jazz.

10:

With the Walkman in my ear,
was watching television,
while at the same time ironing the clothes.
I looked at her and was amazed,
I moved forward to the slogan
and I grabbed that gun I had.

11:
He tells me: "What do you want with the gun?"
Since the two of us yesterday
We had a very nice time.
But in this case,
You give me the impression.
that here we will become Korea."

12:
"With me you would have everything you want 
-I told her- and be careful.
Please be careful not to upset me.
I am not the authority.
and it should be very early
realize this...

13:

...know that I do not tolerate
I will accept your vices.
and it's time for me to veto.
I repeat, two and three.
I am not the authority.
"I am the one who is at the end. Understand that."

14:
And falling to my knees
two thousand colors
they sprang from her tears.
Through the sobs,
which sounded muffled,
She was urgently asking for her mom.

15:
"I don't want a mother-in-law here." 
I told her and I tried.
to lift her back to her feet.
But while I was pretending,
I was secretly thinking
to find a way to eliminate her.

16:
She changed violin.
They took great care of each other.
the dog, but also the goldfinch.
And I, to concentrate,
I told her I was going to retire.
in a suburb outside of Athens.

 

17:

I bit the sheet metal,
I thought about it and froze.
I never expected this.
Because I didn't even think about it.
and I was facing it
like a train schedule.

 

18:
I returned to her,
I kissed both her lips,
I told her: "I can't do without you."
Look at me carefully.
and then ironically
told me: "You don't look like anyone."

 

19:

I was a little worried.
I thought I had an accident.
to start such a story.
But I quickly recovered.
and I felt comforted.
In my arms, I had a lady.

“You know –he tells me– I was cooking,
I was looking for the pasta.
"and I have left my eye open."
“Forget it"
 I said politely.
and I was trying gently,
to lay her down on the bed.

 

20:

He tells me: "I am not one of them."
that you knew the bright ones
women with the port caste.
I am a proper countess,
in famous society.
That's why I tell you, leave what you know."

21:
"But if you are a countess then 
-I immediately pointed out-
For me it is an opportunity.
Let's travel together,
with the machine of love
and let me write myself into history."

22:
"Truth –recommended,
her eye was half closed-
So where does your hat fall?"
But until I think it over,
with sound deafening
He threw the mirror off the wall.

23:
I thought of Alaric.
and I said, it's unfair
My hat is from him.
I still thought a lot,
in the West, in the East,
to find someone who suits me.

24:

Look, my friend, and see.
the problem is to understand,
What happened to me that I want a woman?
In history to be written,
to look for my hat,
I've been wearing a hat all my life.

25:
I confess I am not a fisherman,
and yes I will admit it:
I'm an ordinary lad.
I had my lights off,
I saw her and said “Oh my!
This one, it turns on the...light for me!”

26:
I tell her: “Aren't we going to bed?”
What a shame we have to argue.
Later, we talk about hats."
She smiled,
A kiss treated me.
and a little slyly, he said to me: "Come".

27:
I felt – to be honest –
like a ship of the line,
who had a route to follow.
Like a true sea wolf,
I passed all the Beauforts.
and I soon docked at the port.

 

28:

"Unload" -he simply told me-
σif the ferries,
"Give me your content."
“Take it.  
-I told her tenderly- 
The engines, the trucks,
the coach and your car."

29:
We lit a cigarette together,
we took a breath
and we set off again, for another journey.
And as I was...anion,
I told her: “I am Cro-Magnon.”
And she: "Let us beware of the Serpent."

 

30:
She offered me her apple.
and the fig tree its leaf,
which was below her navel,
He put it next to the dresser.
and let out a sigh,
as I entered her paradise.

31:
He humorously remarked
How was the trip?
and the reason for this was the map.
And I was thinking silently,
the poet who is serious
He said I look like Bonaparte.

32:

He tells me: "Tell me about him."
the famous Corsican.
"Tell me. Aren't you his descendant?"
I told her: "Yes", I got up,
I hid in the bathroom.
and I shouted: "I am his ninth grandson."

33:
I shaved my beard.
and I went back to bed,
like a second Hermes of Praxiteles.
Josephine was there,
like Venus attractive
and he seemed to sleep as he pleased.

34:
So I found myself alone.
and I sat and thought
Where is this story leading me?
I walked in the countryside,
to discover the fold,
that would illuminate my dark spots.

35:
I stood in a bar.
and I took it out of the crib
the drunken self I hide.
The bartender was dumb.
And I, who felt like a blind man,
I didn't know. Should I stay or leave?

36:

Like a movie
movie, I saw it on screen
scenes and shots from my entire life.
Like a bee here and there,
I was returning without shame,
I was constantly enriching my collection.

37:
And now, I am exactly
like a drunken sailor,
who confused the bow with the stern.
Josefina is here.
and I must admit,
How it gets my adrenaline going.

38:
I feel like a little child,
which starts from the beginning,
learning to write and erase.
The truth is harsh, unfortunately.
I became diabetic.
and Josephine, is insulin.

39:
Like a gambler who asks
to roll the dice now
who if he wins one, he loses both,
I feel like I am now,
like a scared cuttlefish, you say 
who was trapped and is limping ink.

40:

But I should introduce myself.
I think the time has come,
to tell you who I am and what I do.
Why would you wonder?
and you were definitely sitting
on burning coals above.

41:
So, I am not hers.
Boston the strangler.
I'm not Jack the Ripper either.
In this adventure,
He got me involved from the start,
that geographical map.

 

42:

I am collector women
and even tampon boxes
I have, to offer to the ladies.
And for the truth of the matter
I have colored erotic ones,
but also many black and white photos.

43:
In the evenings I came home late.
and I kept remembering the old days,
until Josephine came, like a comet.
It never crossed my mind,
What would I be like? 
a piece for her collection.

44:

I admitted it straight away.
I accepted the fact,
I decided to stay near her.
And the bartender who was mute,
He meaningfully told me:
"It's late. I'm closing the shop."

45:
I returned home.
and I whispered tenderly:
“You beat me, Baby. On points.
I'll treat you now,
the nights and the mornings,
from my own collector's value".

 

 

 

 

 

photo EdgarSax, https://pixabay.com 

 

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