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This compilation showcases the author's poetic prowess, capturing the essence of life's complexities and beauty in succinct, evocative verses.
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“My identifying features are rapture and despair.”
“But human beings are, by nature, sad. So be it, then. It isn't all that bad.”
“Not faith in the beyond, but only doubt can make you, sorry soul, a bit less wretched.”
“Why there's still all this space inside me I don't know.”
“Only what is human can truly be foreign. The rest is mixed vegetation, subversive moles, and wind.”
“Our times are still not safe and sane enough for faces to show ordinary sorrow.”
“The commonplace miracle: that so many common miracles take place.”