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On My Own Self
Nietzsche and Heidegger—
Ally Delshad TehraniMay 26, 20261 min read
Nietzsche and Heidegger—
not by fame,
not by any measure of greatness,
are they overmen while I remain an ape,
but because, in reading their works,
I am seized
by a biting sensation
called humiliation.
O modern ape of the city,
you are not even the copycat
of those fearless sages.
From fear
you piss where you stand.
From rage
you merely repeat.
Like a ship without anc…
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