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"Already old, the question Who shall die? Becomes unspoken Who is innocent?"
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"You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub."
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"A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice."
"We are who we're going to be when we're very old, and when we're very old we are who we were when we were 8."
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"I was too old for a paper route, too young for Social Security and too tired for an affair."
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"To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other."
"Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name."
"The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race."
"Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique."
"Laughter and grief join hands. Always the heart Clumps in the breast with heavy stride; The face grows lined and wrinkled like a chart, The eyes bloodshot with tears and tide. Let the wind blow, for many a man shall die."
"But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in sleep."
"The body, what is it, Father, but a sign To love the force that grows us, to give back What in Thy palm is senselessness and mud?"
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