ernest (Ellen)
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“Ars longa, vita brevis, occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile" (Life is short, [the] craft long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacherous, judgment difficult)”
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“The world is greater than that -- I smile
and I think of my hilarity as a covey
in flight from a house collapsing.
Lose yourself if you wish to find yourself; desire
so as not to have.”
― In the Dark Body of Metamorphosis and Other Poems.
and I think of my hilarity as a covey
in flight from a house collapsing.
Lose yourself if you wish to find yourself; desire
so as not to have.”
― In the Dark Body of Metamorphosis and Other Poems.
“Thoughts drawn on the string
of endless questioning”
― In the Dark Body of Metamorphosis and Other Poems.
of endless questioning”
― In the Dark Body of Metamorphosis and Other Poems.
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