WITTGENSTEIN'S
BROTHER
Had no arm, was a one-armed pianist,
carried those same crazy thoughts
that his brother did but played them
out in a keyboard frenzy instead.
Almost the entire family, except Ludwig,
committed suicide - I guess at a certain
point all the options lead one to that.
Like 'it runs in the family' - or something.
Ludwig built his sister a house, and taught
sixth-grade somewhere way out in the country
for what seemed like forever. Then he quit;
went back to his philosophy, repudiated
all he said before, and re-wrote his entire
body of work with different views.
His brother came and went - one-armed,
into life, out of life. Very much like
Ludwig's work itself. Existence, I
always figured, really has
its conundrums and
paradoxes. It just
can't be helped.
BROTHER
Had no arm, was a one-armed pianist,
carried those same crazy thoughts
that his brother did but played them
out in a keyboard frenzy instead.
Almost the entire family, except Ludwig,
committed suicide - I guess at a certain
point all the options lead one to that.
Like 'it runs in the family' - or something.
Ludwig built his sister a house, and taught
sixth-grade somewhere way out in the country
for what seemed like forever. Then he quit;
went back to his philosophy, repudiated
all he said before, and re-wrote his entire
body of work with different views.
His brother came and went - one-armed,
into life, out of life. Very much like
Ludwig's work itself. Existence, I
always figured, really has
its conundrums and
paradoxes. It just
can't be helped.
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