To O. Wilde
Don't let them cut your fingers,
your white fingers.
Cutting fingers is like cutting souls.
They will come one solemn day
with sharp knives,
And with a solemn voice, they shall declare:
"Your white and sublime fingers are dangerous;
therefore we have to cut'em."
Run, run, and run again...
Don't let them cut your fingers!
Because fingers are like tongues:
they make the ground tremble.
Their inconveniency strikes the heart of your captors.
Your fingers. Your white fingers.