Those who knew
what was going on here
must make way for
those who know little.
And less than little.
And finally as little as nothing.
—Wislawa Szymborska, “The End and the Beginning”
Sometimes there are days, moments, that seem to fall out of the tight mesh of time and obligation, where we can live outside of our lives, slip the leash.
—Helen Humphreys, The Ghost Orchard