"History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake."

Sunday, October 23, 2011

"Aritotle" by Billy Collins

This is the beginning.
Almost anything can happen.
This is where you find
the creation of light, a fish wriggling onto land,
the first word of Paradise Lost on an empty page.
Think of an egg, the letter A,
a woman ironing on a bare stage
as the heavy curtain rises.
This is the very beginning...
 
 
Read the rest here.  It's really fine.

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