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What is the fear inside language? No accident of the body can make it stop burning.

Anne Carson

The man has a theory. The woman has hipbones. Here comes Death.
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Death Man Theory Woman
Here we go mother on the shipless ocean. Pity us, pity the ocean, here we go.
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Anand Thakur
Each night about this time he puts on sadness like a garment and goes on writing.
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Anand Thakur
Lava bread makes you passionate.
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Anand Thakur
The self forms at the edge of desire, and a science of self arises in the effort to leave that self behind.
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Behind Desire Edge Effort Form Leaving
It is for God to fix the time who knows no time.
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Anand Thakur
One of the principle qualities of pain is that it demands an explanation.
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Demand Explanation Pain Principle Quality
Poetry – poiesis means a thing made.
ANNE CARSON

Creation Poetry
We humans seem disastrously in love with this thing (whatever it is) that glitters on the earth– we call it life.
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Anand Thakur
Homer must have felt this pressure to come up with an epic poem that would sound totally new to an audience that had loved his previous best-seller.
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Anand Thakur
They were two superior eels at the bottom of the tank and they recognized each other like italics.
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Anand Thakur
Life pulls softly inside your bindings. The pod glows – dear stench.
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Anand Thakur
Love is a good place to situate our distrust of fake women.
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Anand Thakur
At least half of your mind is always thinking, I’ll be leaving; this won’t last. It’s a good Buddhist attitude. If I were a Buddhist, this would be a great help. As it is, I’m just sad.
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Anand Thakur
Love dares the self to leave itself behind, to enter into poverty.
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Dare Leaving Love Poverty
No need to fear death. There will be a tunnel and light.
ANNE CARSON

Anand Thakur

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