Compensation.
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Why should I keep holiday,
When other men have none?
Why but because when these are gay,
I sit and mourn alone.
And why when mirth unseals all tongues
Should mine alone be dumb?
Ah! late I spoke to silent throngs,
And now their hour is come.
weekend. caught between the pre of fear and the post of dread, in sleepless uncertainty.
the ballerina tripped and
fell in
a ballooning
train,
over
pointed crushed toes.
mute but not dumb?