Sadomasochism

No Longer Human (人間失格, Ningen Shikkaku) is a 1948 Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai. It is considered Dazai's masterpiece and ranks as the second-best selling novel ever in Japan, behind Natsume Sōseki's Kokoro. The literal translation of the title, discussed by Donald Keene in his preface to the English translation, is "Disqualified From Being Human". The novel, narrated in first person, contains several elements which portray an autobiographical basis. The novel presents recurring themes in the author's life, including suicide, social alienation, and depression. Many believe the book to have been his will, as Dazai took his own life shortly after the last part of the book (which had appeared in serial form) was published. As of January 1, 2019, the book is in t… more »

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Scars from razors long since rusted and discarded
Like we have discarded our used up flesh
The ashes of our holocaust billow up
From the furnaces below
This is the hell that we have wrought
Flower petals scattered like track marks
Symbolic of the hours we've lost

And all the people passing in the streets
Give off the same despondency
Their faces contort like the surface of water
I cannot look them in the eyes

Or maybe it's the passing minutes
The feeling of blood flowing through my veins

And the broken glass on my skin
And your dead gaze
And their fucking lies

The trees slump down in the distance
Expressing foul rancor
Exuding their disdain for the earth
The pine needles pierce my skin

The euphoria that I felt when I looked into your eyes
Is a pallid reflection of the cicatrices on our arms

It's sadomasochism

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