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

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

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

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

“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?”

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

“Once the tyranny of literalness is rejected, all relevant considerations for giving a rational content to the words become operative.”