“Like a snake, my heart
has shed its skin.
I hold it there in my hand,
full of honey and wounds.
The thoughts that nested
in your folds, where are they now?...”
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has shed its skin.
I hold it there in my hand,
full of honey and wounds.
The thoughts that nested
in your folds, where are they now?...”
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“And must I then, indeed, Pain, live with you
All through my life?—sharing my fire, my bed,
Sharing—oh, worst of all things!—the same head?—
And, when I feed myself, feeding you, too?”
― Collected Poems
All through my life?—sharing my fire, my bed,
Sharing—oh, worst of all things!—the same head?—
And, when I feed myself, feeding you, too?”
― Collected Poems
“They were erected purposefully to send a strong message to all who walked in their shadows about who was still in charge in this city.”
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“We have allowed ourselves very little space for not-knowing. Very seldom do we have the wisdom not-to-know, to lay the mind open to deeper understanding. When confusion occurs in the mind, we identify with it and say we are confused…Confusion arises because we fight against our not-knowing, which experiences each moment afresh without preconceptions or expectations.”
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