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[Anonymous No.20355857]

A thread dedicated to my favorite Nietzsche poems :)

[Anonymous No.20355864]

>>20355857
There once was a horse name Cleat
Being beat
a man named Neet
ran across the street
and puked his sanity on his feet

[Anonymous No.20355880]

Invitation
>Dare to taste my fare, clear diner!
>Come tomorrow it tastes finer
>and day after even good!
>If you still want more - I'll make it,
>from past inspiration take it,
>turning food for thought to food.

My Happiness
>Since I grew weary of the search
>I taught myself to find instead.
>Since cross winds caused my ship to lurch
>I sail with all winds straight ahead.

Undaunted
>Where you stand, there dig deep!
>Below you lies the well!
>Let obscurantists wail and weep:
>'Below is always - hell!'

To the Virtuous
>Our virtues too should step lively to and fro:
>Like the verses of Homer, they have to come and go!

Vademecum - Vadetecum
>My way and language speak to you,
>you follow me, pursue me too?
>To thine own self and way be true:
>Thus follow me, but gently do!

On the Third Shedding
>Already cracks and breaks my skin,
>my appetite unslaking
>is fuelled by earth l've taken in:
>This snake for earth is aching.
>Among the stones and grass I wear
>a path from fen to firth,
>to eat what's always been my fare
>you, my snake food, you my earth.

My Roses
>Yes! My joy - it wants to gladden - ,
>every joy wants so to gladden!
>Would you pluck my rose and sadden?
>You must crouch on narrow ledges,
>prop yourself on ropes and wedges,
>prick yourself on thorny hedges!
>For my joy - it loves to madden!
>For my joy - is malice laden!
>Would you pluck my rose and sadden?

The Scornful One
>Much do I let fall and spill,
>thus l'm scornful, you malign.
>One who drinks from cups too full will
>often let much fall and spill - ,
>yet never think to blame the wine.

To a Friend of Light
>If you want to spare your eyes and your mind,
>follow the sun from the shadows behind.