Thursday, 3. January 2008
A Flame - Adam Zagajewski
God, give us a long winter
and quiet music, and patient mouths,
and a little pride--before
our age ends.
Give us astonishment
and a flame, high, bright.
Note: May you be blessed with both astonishment and the flame in the new year, dear reader!
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