cummings-read

for prodigal read generous
—for youth read age—
read for sheer wonder mere surprise
(then turn the page)

contentment read for ecstasy
—for poem prose—
caution for curiosity
(and close your eyes)

“Everyone must decide for himself whether it is better to have a brief but more intensely felt existence or to live a long and ordinary life.”

Rainer Werner Fassbinder