“Is it right to be watching strangers in a play / in this strangest of theatres? / What childishness is it that while there's a breath of life / in our bodies, we are determined to rush / to see the sun the other way around? ”

Elizabeth Bishop

Elizabeth Bishop - “Is it right to be watching strangers...” 1

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