Sunday, July 19, 2009

Things

There are worse things than having behaved foolishly in public.
there are worse things than these miniature betrayals,
committed or endured or suspected; there are worse things
than not being able to sleep for thinking about them.
It is 5 a.m. All the worse things come stalking in
and stand icily about the bed looking worse and worse and worse.


-Fleur Adcock

2 comments:

  1. :) corey corey corey. all shall be well, you'll see.

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  2. I think I'll read more Adcock. She has some great stuff.

    I love this one, though - it's so wonderfully dark

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