"The Said and the Missaid"
To speak, to say just the right thing, to try
To speak, to say just the right thing, to try
however often, just to fail...again,
endlessly, no matter how often dust
Scatters across my jeans, pick myself up
and try again, after many attempts,
if the rope breaks, it must mean something, no,
deny the basic fact of life, to try
and fail, we all cannot be a success,
not everyone can be special, the word
denotes a unique case, this one fails best,
to use words, to communicate, to speak,
however difficult to say the right...
endlessly, I regret conversations,
Mistakes in practice, we accept in form,
in theory, these words are just words, spoken,
said in the heat of argument, we speak,
say the wrong thing to just the right person,
and find myself in hot water, trouble
is, people don't know how to speak, to say
damn without damage, fail better, ever...
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"All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better."
~ from "Worstward Ho" by Samuel Beckett
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