“As I lay dying, the woman with the dog's eyes would not close my eyes as I descended into Hades.”
“Who worries for dying? If I close my eyes tonight, I will either dream, or not, or my eyes will open and I will be here again. And if none of those happen, and I do not wake? Who worries for dying?”
“He’s still singing to himself, eyes closed, pretending, I think, that I’m someone else.I shout in his ear again. ‘So you can’t just lay down and die?’He doesn’t open his eyes, but he nods. ‘You can’t just lay down and die”
“A woman is more beautiful than the world in which I live; and so I close my eyes. ”
“Ah, I could lay me down in this long grassAnd close my eyes, and let the quiet windBlow over me”
“I close my eyes and I can see a better day. I close my eyes and pray”