The palm at the end of the mind, beyond the last thought, rises in the bronze distance. A gold feathered bird sings in the palm, without human meaning, without human feeling, a foreign song. You know then that it is not the reason that makes us happy or unhappy.
The bird sings. Its feathers shine. The palm stands on the edge of space. The wind moves slowly in the branches. The bird's fire-fangled feathers dangle down.

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Ample Make This Bed

Ample make this bed. 
Make this bed with awe; 
In it wait till judgment break 
Excellent and fair. 

Be its mattress straight, 
Be its pillow round; 
Let no sunrise' yellow noise 
Interrupt this ground.  

--Emily Dickinson

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