"If the heart were pure enough,
but it is not pure,
you would admit
that nothing compels you
any more, nothing
at all abides,
but nostalgia and desire,
the two-way ladder
between heaven and hell."
~from "King of the River" by Stanley Kunitz (line breaks notwithstanding).
1 Comments:
that's really beautiful and haunting as a three minute piece. the movie was quite a bit more depressing on the whole. good find.
By molly, at 10:56 PM
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