cavafy-mausoleum

September 7, 2024

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Like beautiful bodies of the dead who had not grown old

and they shut them, with tears, in a brilliant mausoleum,

with roses at the head and jasmine at the feet –

this is what desires resemble that have passed

without fulfillment; without any of them having achieved

a night of sensual delight, or a morning of brightness.

Thought:

“Henry James wanted to write a book in the shape of an hourglass. Flaubert wanted to write a novel about nothing. What I’ve learned is that the muses’ decision to sing or not to sing is not based on the elevation of your moral purpose — they will sing or not regardless.”

John Barth

Christian Molenaar

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