Daniel Nester (fragmento de um poema)

Concordo plenamente com ele -- Já me senti na obrigação de "curtir a noite" e achava que, se não o fizesse, não estava "vivendo" o suficiente. Mas observem a frase final, na qual ele chega à mesma conclusão a que cheguei (it's possible, though, that both of us are getting old too fast...). O poema completo em http://www.poemhunter.com/p/m/poem.asp?poet=11791&poem=131585

Notes On An Unadorned Night

after Rene Char Let's agree that the night is a blank canvas, a station break, a bridge of a song. Let's agree further that activities at night—movies, campfires, reading by a lamp—are all basically an homage to the day. I have come to regard these two statements as contradictory. Let me explain. First, set aside that one could see a movie, torch a fire, and read with the sun blazing over us. The in-between aspect of night need not spark a flurry of activity, is all I'm saying. You could do nothing at night! Just lay and sleep!