I slide my arm from under the sleeper’s head and it is numb, full of swarming pins, on the tip of each, waiting to be counted, the fallen angels sit.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAAfter every war someone has to tidy up.
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I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands.
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Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.
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In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two.
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No one in my family has ever died of love. What happened, happened, but nothing myth-inspiring.
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They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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I’m working on the world, revised, improved edition, featuring fun for fools blues for brooders, combs for bald pates, tricks for old dogs.
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Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
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