American Idyll

yes, the river knows

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Else You Will Live In Vain







You must love
the crust of the earth
on which you dwell
more than the sweet
crust of any bread
or cake.
You must be able
to extract nutriment
out of a sand-heap.
You must have
so good an appetite
as this, else you
will live in vain.
--Thoreau

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