Questionnaire Valentine

Haven’t we had to fight all our lives
against the disapproval of others

but who cannot say that

is it really our plan
to dispose of one another

don’t we all belong

to several civilizations at once
however contradictory

are our lives still a secret
we keep from ourselves

isn’t every life about failure

as a sibling of success

I refused to let my parents raise me

don’t blame them now for my excess