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arcana imperii :: the book of j

4.5.04

«discourse with care»

a man may make a remark –
in itself – a quiet thing
that may furnish the fuse unto a spark
in dormant nature – lain –
let us divide – with skill –
let us discourse – with care –
powder exists in charcoal –
before it exists in fire –

~emily dickinson, #913
a word dropped careless on a page
may stimulate an eye
when folded in perpetual seam
the wrinkled maker lie
infection in the sentence breeds
we may inhale despair
at distances of centuries
from the malaria -

~emily dickinson, #1261


via languagehat via the eudæmonist.