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To Go To Some Great Height And Look Down

Monday, January 20, 2014

I’m the soul in the body of the man named Nijinsky. Gaunt, I eat little, only what the spirit feeds me. I hate having a bloated stomach. It inhibits dancing. I’m afraid of crowds, of dancing for them— they demand a joyful jig but joy is death. They feel nothing but want my life to […]

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A Wave on Our Window

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Lying on a high seat in the south study, We have lifted the curtain—and we see the rising moon Brighten with pure light the water and the grove And flow like a wave on our window and our door. It will move through the cycle, full moon and then crescent again, Calmly, beyond our wisdom, […]

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