Chapter 8 yesterday · today · tomorrow

I said to my friend, "Look, she's in his arms, just as she was in mine yesterday." He said, "Tomorrow she will be in my arms." I said, "Look, she's sitting next to him, and she was sitting next to me yesterday." He said, "Tomorrow she will sit next to me." I said, "Didn't you see that she was drinking from his glass, and she was drinking from my arms yesterday." He said, "Tomorrow she will drink with me." I said, "Look! She's looking at him with the same loving eyes she was looking at me yesterday."

He said, "Tomorrow she will stare at me." I said, "Listen, she is whispering love songs in his ear, and she was singing these love songs in my ear yesterday." He said, "Tomorrow she will sing in my ear." I said, "Look, she is embracing him just as she was embracing me yesterday." "Tomorrow she will embrace me," he said. I said, "What a strange woman she is!" He said: "She, like life, is possessed by all; she, like death, conquers all; she, like eternity, embraces all."