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“I know
you don’t always understand,
but let me point to the first
wet drops landing on the stones,
the noise like fingers drumming
the skin. I can’t help it. I will
never get over making everything
such a big deal.”
― The Carrying
you don’t always understand,
but let me point to the first
wet drops landing on the stones,
the noise like fingers drumming
the skin. I can’t help it. I will
never get over making everything
such a big deal.”
― The Carrying
“ALIZON They told me no one was here.
RICHARD It would be me they meant.”
― The Lady's Not for Burning
RICHARD It would be me they meant.”
― The Lady's Not for Burning
“I thought about the way my mind wanders, how I drift through days losing hours, forgetting to remain in my body. How they call me absentminded, forgetful. The way I am mercury spilling over surfaces—solid and liquid, here and not.”
― I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying: Essays
― I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying: Essays
“Listen. This is the noise of myth. It makes the same sound as shadow. Can you hear it?”
― New Collected Poems
― New Collected Poems
“I have come Here to have the protection of your laughter.”
― The Lady's Not for Burning
― The Lady's Not for Burning
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