Monotony

Portrait of Constantine P. Cavafy
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863–1933

One monotonous day is followed by another monotonous, identical day. The same things will happen, they will happen again -- the same moments find us and leave us.

A month passes and ushers in another month. One easily guesses the coming events; they are the boring ones of yesterday. And the morrow ends up not resembling a morrow anymore.

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