--Bruce Bond
It's not all bad. Hell has its comforts,
threnodies, charms in the shapes of cups.
But imagine what it takes to make
a life's work there, with only your powers
of invention to sustain you. Think of
the focus it takes to complete the journey.
I do not envy a creator that devoted,
divided, but here I am, on the edge
of the river. A lighter craft will carry you,
says the boatman, because I am that light.
I take his reasoning on faith. After all,
his Italian is so lovely, and the world so
full of weightless things, here a boat,
there a fly drinking from the open eye.
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