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In the midst of the sturdiest peace,
Hotheads find pretexts for war.
Is it pride, or boredom,
Or simple insanity
That drives these thugs,
With th..
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Flaubert is a genius of the particular;
Obsessive in his quest for exactitude,
Whether gallery-gazing in Fontainebleau
Or probing Carthaginian cult..
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There is a place of partial shade
Along a woody colonnade
Of maple, river birch, and oak,
Where sparrows dart and spybirds croak.
I sing to bees..
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Encompassed by acres of ragtag nature--
Irreproducible uncaged chaos--
Alien tombs enshrine the Art
Of a most industrial ilk.
Laylighted boxes of ..
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All those who do not fit in well
Get scrap-heaped by eternity;
A grim determination, but
The uncompliant truth.
They flick by in some jumpy frames..
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I would to the Faroes go if I could,
Those windburned, ice-kissed isles,
Where nothing is but rock and sea
And grass, and civil twilit noons;
Wher..
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In the fullness of time,
All things are reconsidered,
Though the sweet soul's now embittered,
Take your time, take your time.
Any story not yet wr..
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Most of this nation has no idea
What hardship is these days,
So when inconvenience comes along,
We plump it up into cancerous strife.
A toothache ..
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Taurus and Aries--unstable admixture,
The Bull and the Ram,
Fire and Earth.
A spadeful of Earth can smother Fire,
Unbridled Fire can scorch the Ea..
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You were there in Nirvana,
Where all joys are feasible,
Sweetly ensconced,
Not a care in the world.
You should have lain still
In that bower fore..
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