Wittgenstein
Posted to Poetry
by Zlatko Waterman on 2003-02-24 08:31:00
"The world is everything that is the case."
WITTGENSTEIN
was born in a palace
loved Carmen Miranda
was given a medal in the War
craved tautologies
was a hermit on a Norwegian fjord
designed door handles for his sister's house
was a gardener in a monastery
boxed his students' ears and pulled their hair
was a philosopher at Cambridge
was often photographed carrying raincoats
was a candle of enlightenment to Bertrand Russell
got cancer and died
is justly celebrated in things not seen
