That flaw of yours, that vent - I love it, dear; <br />it’s part of you <br />and ranks with me among your finest features. <br />When I find out that others have it too, <br />I look for it and almost see you near <br />and love all similarly wanting creatures. <br /> <br />If I, for want of you, that want should miss - were we to part – <br />where would I better find my consolation. <br />than in that flaw I love with all my heart? <br />And when you're gone, with such a want as this <br />the homeliest would win my admiration. <br /> <br />Yet if there came the fairest of the fair, <br />and flawless she, <br />my thoughts of you would linger and keep haunting. <br />No matter what her charms and virtues be, <br />her fault would be the flaw that wasn't there – <br />I would not want her if your want were wanting. Here In This Land.<br /><br />Karl Kraus<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/your-flaw/
