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We think the fire eats the wood. we are wrong. the wood reaches out to the flame. the fire licks at what the wood harbors, and the wood gives itself away to that intimacy, the manner in which we and the world meet each new day.
-Jack Gilbert
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We Think The Fire Eats The Wood.

Jack Gilbert
We think the fire eats the wood. we are wrong. the wood reaches out to the flame. the fire licks at what the wood harbors, and the wood gives itself away to that intimacy, the manner in which we and the world meet each new day.
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