Post:
You are so serene and enchanting. Graceful as an exquisite cat. It is delightful to see you move. “Jeder Engel is schrecklich.” Hmm. I don’t know anymore.
My reply:
Wow, an exquisite cat huh? Until she coughs up a hairball that is. And apparently “Jeder Engel is schrecklich” is from a poem by the late Rainer Maria Rilke , you’re so artsy omg! Spilling your tortured heart through the medium of your choice, oh Craigslist Missed Connections you cathartic void.
Roughly translated into English it reads:
Every angel is terrible.
And still, alas
knowing all that
I serenade you
you almost deadly birds of the soul.
Bravo for capturing Missed Connections so perfectly, Rilke. Although I don’t believe that’s what he intended his art to be used for, seeing as how he died in 1926.
What you should have done:
You know what you should do? Send her that poem. Write it in a pretty card and leave it for her somewhere or give it to her next time you see her. Add a little something of yourself to the note too letting her know why you can’t stay away from her, just don’t call her an exquisite cat anymore please.
