Tag: despair
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Some Questions
How much does joy weigh? Does it weigh as heavy as despair, only different, without pain? Does joy have negative weight, letting the carrier walk a little lighter? Does joy look like the thing in front of you– a home-cooked meal, quiet secrets with your beloved, a blooming jacaranda? Or is it the transformation of…
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Six Impossible Things
The White Queen: I’m just one hundred and one, five months and a day. Alice: I can’t believe that! The White Queen: Can’t you? Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes. Alice: There’s no use trying. One can’t believe impossible things. The White Queen: I daresay you haven’t had much practice. When I was your age, I always…
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On Turning 27
Not, I’ll not, carrion comfort, Despair, not feast on thee; Not untwist — slack they may be — these last strands of man In me ór, most weary, cry I can no more. I can; Can something, hope, wish day come, not choose not to be. – Gerard Manley Hopkins A week or so ago…
Kathryn Kong 