“donald justice: i often wonder about the others,where they are bound for on the voyage, what is the reason for their silence, was there some reason to go away?”

“Go then, O my inseperable, this once more,”

“Come back now and help me with these verses. Whisper to me some beautiful secret that you remember from life.”

“Men at fortyLearn to close softlyThe doors to rooms they will not beComing back to.”

“See how the fearful chandelier trembles above you each time you open your mouth to sing.Sing.”

“The Thin ManI indulge myselfIn rich refusals.Nothing suffices.I hone myself toThis edge. Asleep, IAm a horizon.”

“It made me wonder if the reasons our lives seem so muddled is because we keep walking into scenes in which we, along with the people around us, have no clear idea what we want.”