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Through silence only the good messages go unheard.
A man lives for as long as we carry him inside us
On sighting mathematicians poetry should unhook the algebra from their minds and replace it with poetry; on sighting poets it should unhook poetry from their minds and replace it with algebra.
When in public poetry should take off its clothes and wave to the nearest person in sight; it should be seen in the company of thieves and lovers rather than that of journalists and publishers.
The Giant rested back in his chair. "You've some stories left," he said. " I can smell them on your skin.
Death is the only grammatically correct full stop.
Dreams larger
than ourselves we killed, not wanting
our smallness measured against them."
(poem: Having Taken the Necessary Precautions)