“shut up, shut up. i am busy wanting.” ~louise redd, playing the bones

3.10.09

whitman

A Clear Midnight  
by Walt Whitman

This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless,
Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson
 done,
Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the
 themes thou lovest best,
Night, sleep, death and the stars.

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