"There is only one heart in my body, have mercy on me."
"EPITAPH Now I'm not the brightest knife in the drawer, but I know a couple things about this life: poverty silence, impermanence discipline and mystery The world is not illusory, we are From crimson thread to toe tag If you are not disturbed there is something seriously wrong with you, I'm sorry And I know who I am I'll be a voice coming from nowhere, inside-- be glad for me."
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Source: Franz Wright (2009). “Walking to Martha's Vineyard”, p.89, Knopf
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