Thursday, November 25, 2010

Each glance marbles the skin of what is seen.

When he thought about cremation, particularly cremation hurriedly carried out before the body's cells had fully decomposed, anger stiffened his own living body.
-Kenzaburo Oe, "The Day He Himself Shall Wipe Away my Tears, Teach Us To Outgrow Our Madness, Grove Press 1977)



Each glance marbles the skin of what is seen.
See each feature,
See the shuddering eyelashes.

One could be all to the glance,
Which is a mind made up
Before apprehension.

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