I say no one lives the way I live
But the iris interferes—dark and thin—
My way was first, I’m here…
Early morning. I’m set straight by a flower.
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Wings. The poets always write about wings. I prefer hooves. I’m more interested in Pegasus’ feet.
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Still I love a world
where nothing is
as it seems.
And I love the phrase don’t kid yourself…
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I have done a terrible thing, I have postulated a particle that cannot be detected.
—Wolfgang Pauli, on asserting the existence of neutrinos.
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I can’t get the old woman out of my head, she knitted sweaters, kept a crow in her shop. Can’t remember which island in the Aegean…
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My dog wants to walk. Hello. Marvelous.