Friday, January 23, 2009

faster than a speeding billet

"In the winter dawn I will face

My fortieth year. Borne headlong

Towards the long shadows of sunset

By the headstrong, stubborn moments,

Life whirls past like drunken wildfire."

-- Tufu, (trans. Rexroth)

I am forty now. And tomorrow another winter dawn.

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