The centre of the universe
Pushing my trolley about the supermarket,
I am the center of the universe;
Up and down the aisles of beans and juices,
I am the center of the universe;
It does not matter that I live alone;
It does not matter that I am a jilted lover;
It does not matter that I am a misfit in my job;
I am the center of the universe.
But I’m always here, if you want me-For I am the centre of the universe.
I enjoyed being the center of the universe.
It is not easy being the center of the universeBut I enjoy it.
I take pleasure in,I delight in,Being the center of the universe.
At six o’ clock in the morning I had a phone call;
It was from a friend, a man in Los Angeles:
‘Paul, I don’t know what time is it in Dublin but I simply had to call you;
I cannot stand LA so I thought I’d call you.’
I calm him down as best as I could.
But I’m always here, if you want me-For I am the centre of the universe
I had barely put the phone down when it rang again,
This time from a friend in Sao Paulo in Brazil‘Paul-
do you know what is the population of Sao Paulo?I will tell you:
it is twelve million skullsTwelve million pairs of feet in the one footbath
Twelve million pairs of eyes in the one fishbowlIt is unspeakable, I tell you, unspeakable.’
I calm him down. But I’m always here,
if you want me-For I am the centre of the universe.
But then when the phone rang a third time and it was not yet 6.30am.
The petals of my own hysteria began to wake up and unfurl.
This time it was a woman I know in New York City:‘Paul- New York City is a Cage’
,and she began to cry a little over the phone,to sob over the phone,
and from five thousand miles away I mopped up her tears.
I dabbed each tears from her cheek
With just a word or two or three from my calm voice.
But I’m always here, if you want me-For I am the centre of the universe.
But now tonight it is myself;
Sitting at my aluminum double-glazed window in Dublin city;
Crying just a little bit into my black tee shirt
If only there was just one human being out there
With whom I could make a home? Share a home?
Just one creature out there in the night-
In Helsinki, perhaps? Or in Reykjavik?
Or in Chapelizod? Or in Malahide?
So you see, I have to calm myself down also
If I am to remain the center of the universe;
It is by no mean an exclusively self-centred automatic thing
Being the center of the universe.
But I’m always here, if you want me-For I am the centre of the universe.
this poem is causin me a headache. captain tryin to help, theme of isolation and alienation? this poet is one weirdo. he contradicts himself a lot. Paul's a weirdo. *bangs head on the wall*haha. just finish my mole concept. quite confident now. though i did not do very well for my test. i feelin very cheemo after singying provided me with the deep insight to da poem. lalala. i think i would be able to crap some stuff out. yeah. thank ya. right right yesterday i my papa brought us to eat a fabulous japanese dinner! much better then the last time teppanyaki one. haha it was at coporthorne waterfront hotel. donno how to spell the restraunt name but *drools* the food is just ohlalalala. cant describe. we din know what to order so we asked for recommendations from da boss. haha he was a japanese and knows minimal english only haha and we know almost zero jap, all i know how to say in jap is "bra" and how to introduce myself. so much for learning half a year of jap. haha. i m a failure. yaya so heh, he ordered for us cheese toufu, chicken, pork, mix vege salad, some kinda fish that eat with chopped up radish and a creamy chicken soup or something. yepz. oh man the food is just great, even the mix vege salad is yummy. the dressing is out of the world, and the cheese toufu omg, you would never believe the taste. haha. we din eat enuff yet so we ordered somemore, we ordered oyster & bacon and a kind of vege dish, i donno how to describe but is done on a teppanyaki like the pork, eh the first add in the vege then thy would make the vege into some sort of circle, then they pour the sauce inthe centre of it all its called heh monjayaki somefink like tht. yeah then is left to cook on the teppanyaki, then we would scrap it off from the teppanyaki. yepz. is rather nice and interesting. something new larz! haha. best jap food i ever had. and the staff there were very friendly, although most were japs and din exactly know how to speak english they still greated us and smile. woo. haha. i feel like eating it again. hiax. *licks lips* haha. today celebratin my small cousin wen zhe birthday! haha he is weibo jr. cause he looks like him! and he's very cute and adorable! haha. just like me. like cousin like cousin. haha. shall go crap stuff about my poem laizo. tata!