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For Once, then, Something (by Robert Frost)
Others taunt me with having knelt at well-curbs
Always wrong to the light, so never seeing
Deeper down in the well than where the water
Gives me back in a shining surface picture
My myself in the summer heaven, godlike
Looking out of a wreath of fern and cloud puffs.
Once, when trying with chin against a well-curb,
I discerned, as I thought, beyond the picture,
Through the picture, a something white, uncertain,
Something more of the depths—and then I lost it.
Water came to rebuke the too clear water.
One drop fell from a fern, and lo, a ripple
Shook whatever it was lay there at bottom,
Blurred it, blotted it out. What was that whiteness?
Truth? A pebble of quartz? For once, then, something.
Always wrong to the light, so never seeing
Deeper down in the well than where the water
Gives me back in a shining surface picture
My myself in the summer heaven, godlike
Looking out of a wreath of fern and cloud puffs.
Once, when trying with chin against a well-curb,
I discerned, as I thought, beyond the picture,
Through the picture, a something white, uncertain,
Something more of the depths—and then I lost it.
Water came to rebuke the too clear water.
One drop fell from a fern, and lo, a ripple
Shook whatever it was lay there at bottom,
Blurred it, blotted it out. What was that whiteness?
Truth? A pebble of quartz? For once, then, something.
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4 comments:
I disagree with this. It is not accurate to compare non-monogamy among animals with non-monogamy among humans. Monogamy requires self-control and virtue, which are traits animals do not possess. People are non-monogamous because they choose to be; not because they can't be.
I donno... I think that what Dan is getting at is that of ALL the species on the planet, humans are the ONLY ones who lay claim to monogamy - and view it as a virtue in and of itself. And I think he's using that point to stress that monogamy can become rather difficult (decade after decade after decade...) Hence, the huge percentage of marriages that end in divorce.
But don't get me wrong. I am all for mongamy and believe that it works best for a large segment of the population.
But I also believe that non-monogamy also works for a lot of couples and the concept or paradigm is not "bad" or "unvirtuous" for them.
Mostly, tho, I just like Dan Savage and think he's cute and wanted to stir the pot a bit with this! :)
Do you have copy writer for so good articles? If so please give me contacts, because this really rocks! :)
I would appreciate more visual materials, to make your blog more attractive, but your writing style really compensates it. But there is always place for improvement
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