Just Poetry (XVI) [R]*

For many are the pleasant forms which exist in


          numerous sins,


     and incontinencies,


     and disgraceful passions


     and fleeting pleasures,


          which (men) embrace until they become


          sober


          and go up to their resting place


And they will find me there,


     and they will live


     and they will not die again.

[Toni Morrison, introduction to Paradise] 

*[First posted 08/05/10]

For many are the pleasant forms which exist in


          numerous sins,


     and incontinencies,


     and disgraceful passions


     and fleeting pleasures,


          which (men) embrace until they become


          sober


          and go up to their resting place


And they will find me there,


     and they will live


     and they will not die again.

[Toni Morrison, introduction to Paradise] 

*[First posted 08/05/10]