“Each lover has a theory of his own
About the difference between the ache
Of being with his love, & being alone:”
More from W. H. Auden
“Each in the cell of himself is almost convinced of his freedom.”
“The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.”
“A small grove massacred to the last ash, An oak with heart-rot, give away the show: This…”
“A well-kempt forest begs Our Lady's grace; Someone is not disgusted, or at least Is laying…”