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What's madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance? the day's on fire! i know the purity of pure despair, my shadow pinned against a sweating wall, that place among the rocks--is it a cave, or winding path? the edge is what i have........ ....... dark,dark my light, and darker my desire. my soul, like some heat-maddened summer fly, keeps buzzing at the sill. ~from "the waking" by theodore roethke
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What's Madness But Nobility Of Soul At

Theodore Roethke
What's madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance? the day's on fire! i know the purity of pure despair, my shadow pinned against a sweating wall, that place among the rocks--is it a cave, or winding path? the edge is what i have........ ....... dark,dark my light, and darker my desire. my soul, like some heat-maddened summer fly, keeps buzzing at the sill. ~from "the waking" by theodore roethke
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