I PRETEND THAT I AM YOUNG AGAIN br br I pretend that I am young again br And just setting out br And that I know I am going to change the world br With my words br And create a kind of great literature br No one has known before- br br I pretend I am young again br But when I begin to write br I hear my old pages within me br I slowly tortuously reread br The dreams and the failures br And I know I am not young again- br br I know Beginning is really just holding on br And ‘pretending to be young' br One small maneuver br In a long battle br Whose end is certainly determined.