Thursday, August 6, 2009

Vinegar and Oil

Wrong solitude vinegars the soul,
right solitude oils it.
How fragile we are,
between the few good moments.
Coming and going unfinished,
puzzled by fate,
like the half-carved relief
of a fallen donkey,
above a church door in Finland.

- Jane Hirschfield
Published in Atlantic Magazine, May 2008

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