HE NEEDS

He needs to be an infamous and marked man—

it makes no difference for what reason.

He needs your public insult,

your slander, your profanity.

He needs both your small and big evil,

your blows, your vile words

and your fire that mercilessly reduces him to ashes.

He needs to have a dark fate,

and a life of a martyr.

He needs a beggar’s sack

and a stone to kneel on.

He needs that which makes his eyes sad

when he looks up at your surprised face.