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“Pity the monsters.” – Robert Lowell

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How many dawns will continue to meet us, from which we might pivot to pity the monsters, from certain death to recognition of these fleeting selves as mere specks within a single monster’s eye?

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 “Pity the monsters” comes from Robert Lowell’s poem “Florence.”

Author: Stacey C. Johnson

I keep watch and listen, mostly in dark places.

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