Wie gefallen euch die Signaturen?

"I am the green Fairy

My robe is the color of despair

I have nothing in common with the fairies of the past

What I need is blood, red and hot,

The palpitating flesh of my victims

Alone, I will kill France, the present is dead,

Vive the future...

But me, I kill the future and in family I destroy

The love of country, courage, honor,

I am the purveyor of hell, penitentiaries, hospitals.

Who am I finally?

I am the instigator of crime

I am ruin and sorrow

I am shame

I am dishonor

I am death

I am Absinthe"

("Wormwood; A Drama of Paris" (1890))