I.
Kick at the rock, Sam Johnson, break your bones:
But cloudy, cloudy is the stuff of stones.
II.
We milk the cow of the world, and as we do
We whisper in her ear: ‘You are not true.’
~ Richard Wilbur
I.
Kick at the rock, Sam Johnson, break your bones:
But cloudy, cloudy is the stuff of stones.
II.
We milk the cow of the world, and as we do
We whisper in her ear: ‘You are not true.’
~ Richard Wilbur
Filed under Misc.
Tagged as Epistemology, Poetry, Richard Wilbur, Samuel Johnson Anecdotes, The Trouble with Reality
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