»The roses in her garden fade away / Not one left for her grave« – that’s what The Zombies sang in their song A Rose for Emily, released in 1968. As for Oscar Wilde you have to say: »The kisses on his gravestone fade away«, because a newly installed glass barrier avoids lip marks of admirers that destroy the writer’s memorial. How long will that wall be transparent?

John Tagliabue. »Walling Off Oscar Wilde’s Tomb From Admirers’ Kisses.« The New York Times, Dec. 15, 2011, https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/world/europe/oscar-wildes-tomb-sealed-from-admirers-kisses.html

[Ursprünglich gepostet auf _Google+_]