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Stop Following Me


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Who are you, walking lockstep with me?

Why not walk stride ahead so I can be left behind

Or slow down enough so that I can outstrip you?

Give me one clear choice, I beg you.


On this sidewalk too cramped to slip aside,

You saunter down its very center,

Not perfectly straight, not quite skewed,

Tottering in unison with every step of mine,

Never getting behind nor getting aheadβ€”how vexing.


You, mother holding your child’s hand on the morning commute,

You, wage workers sucking iced coffee in lunch break,

You, pressing elevator buttons with phone’s corner,

You, off the same bus as I, blocking the path I must take.

Every one of you are innocent

And that is precisely what enrages me.


This vile, misplaced fury,Β 

that must have been foisted upon me from who-knows-where,

Finds no rightful exit and sinks its teeth

Into the back of your guiltless back

All around, drains of anger gape wide

In front of me, behind me.

Your innocence itself becomes your crime.


So please, stop following me.



λˆ„κ΅¬μ‹ λ° λ‚˜λž‘ λΉ„μŠ·ν•œ μ†λ„λ‘œ κ±Έμ–΄κ°€κ³  μžˆμ–΄μš”?

λ‚˜λ³΄λ‹€ μ’€ 빨리 κ±Έμ–΄μ„œ λ‚  μ•žμ§ˆλŸ¬λ²„λ¦¬λ˜μ§€

μ•„λ‹ˆλ©΄ μ’€ λŠλ €μ„œ λ‚΄κ°€ μ•žμ§€λ₯Ό 수 있게 ν•˜λ˜μ§€

λ‘˜ 쀑 ν•˜λ‚˜λ₯Ό ν•  수 있게 ν•΄μ£Όμ—ˆμœΌλ©΄ μ’‹κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€


μ˜†μœΌλ‘œ 비껴가기도 λ§ˆλ•…μΉ˜ μ•Šμ€ 폭의 μΈλ„μ—μ„œ

κ·Έ μΈλ„μ˜ μ€‘μ•™μ—μ„œ

μ™„μ „νžˆ λ˜‘λ°”λ‘œ κ±·λŠ” 것도 μ•„λ‹ˆμ–΄μ„œ

λ‚˜λž‘ λΉ„μŠ·ν•œ 보폭으둜 λΉ„μ²™λΉ„μ²™ κ±Έμ–΄κ°€λ©΄μ„œ

μ•žμ§€λ₯΄μ§€λ„ λ’€μ²˜μ§€μ§€λ„ λͺ»ν•˜κ²Œ ν•˜λƒκ³  μ§œμ¦λ‚˜κ²Œ


μΆœκ·ΌκΈΈμ— μ• μ˜ 손을 작고 κ±Έμ–΄κ°€λŠ” μ•„μ€Œλ§ˆ λ‹Ήμ‹ μ΄μš”

점심 μ‹œκ°„μ˜ 귀퉁이λ₯Ό μ΄μš©ν•΄ μ•„μ΄μŠ€ 아메리카노λ₯Ό λΉ¨λ©΄μ„œ κ±Έμ–΄κ°€λŠ” νšŒμ‚¬μ›λ“€

νœ΄λŒ€ν°μ˜ λͺ¨μ„œλ¦¬λ‘œ μ—˜λ ˆλ² μ΄ν„° λ²„νŠΌμ„ λˆ„λ₯΄λŠ”

λ‚˜λž‘ 같은 λ²„μŠ€μ—μ„œ λ‚΄λ €μ„œ λ‚΄κ°€ κ°€μ•Όν•˜λŠ” μ•žκΈΈμ„ 막아선

아무 잘λͺ» μ—†λŠ” λ‹Ήμ‹ μ΄μš”

λ‹Ήμ‹ λ“€μ—κ²Œ 아무 잘λͺ»λ„ μ—†λ‹€λŠ” κ·Έ 사싀이 λ‚˜λ₯Ό λΆ„λ…Έν•˜κ²Œ λ§Œλ“€μ–΄μš”


λ‚΄κ²Œ λΆ€λ‹Ήν•˜κ²Œ μ „κ°€λœ 것이 ν‹€λ¦Ό μ—†λŠ”

갈 곳을 μžƒμ€ λΉ„μ—΄ν•œ λ‚˜μ˜ λΆ„λ…Έκ°€

λ‹Ήμ‹ μ˜ 죄 μ—†λŠ” λ’€ν†΅μˆ˜μ— κ°€μ„œ κ½ƒν˜€μš”

λΆ„λ…Έμ˜ μˆ˜μ±—κ΅¬λ©μ΄ λ„μ²˜μ— ν˜•μ„±λ˜μ–΄μš”Β 

λ‚΄ μ•žμ— λ‚˜μ˜ λ“± 뒀에

λ‹Ήμ‹ μ—κ²Œ 아무 잘λͺ»μ΄ μ—†λ‹€λŠ” κ·Έ 사싀이 λ‹Ήμ‹ μ˜ 잘λͺ»μ΄μ—μš”


κ·ΈλŸ¬λ‹ˆ 제발, λ‚  그만 μ’€ λ”°λΌμ˜€μ„Έμš”