“And I still walk the sidewalk mumbling something about how it will all be fine Fine is its own crazy village on the Rhine Fine is the name of the cuckoo-clock maker Fine is the word the cuckoo cries every hour after hour on the hour— scrambling out of its dark little hole like something being chased with a knife by Time”
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Laura Kasischke is an American writer known for her poetry and novels. Her works often explore themes of personal identity, memory, and emotion. Born in 1961, Kasischke began her writing career in the 1980s. more
“There are daisies In the ruined garden, still blooming strangely”
“The day en route to darkness. The guillotine on the way to the neck.”
“So we found ourselves in an ancient place, the very air around us bound by chains.”
“She is ancientness. She has lived forever. It has driven her insane.”
“Fragrant, dreaming, unreal, and having to do, terribly, with love.”
“We would never be together in this life again.”
“A man in the massive shadows of the columns of the Museum of Griefs-to-Come.”