“All that shit they were fed about democracy and opportunity was just to keep them from burning down the palace.”
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“Tell him to seek the stars and he will kill himself with climbing.”
― The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966
― The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966
“The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting”
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“people are strange: they are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice…”
― The Last Night of the Earth Poems
― The Last Night of the Earth Poems
“I blend into Time.”
― The Last Night of the Earth Poems
― The Last Night of the Earth Poems
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