“In the increasingly convincing darknessThe words become palpable, like a fruitThat is too beautiful to eat.”John Ashbery
“How many people came and stayed a certain time,Uttered light or dark speech that became part of youLike light behind windblown fog and sandFiltered and influenced by it, until no partRemains that is surely you.”John Ashbery
“In the beginning there are those who don't quite fit inBut are somehow okay. And then some morningThere are places that suddenly seem wonderful:Weather and water seem wonderful,And the peaceful night sky that arrivesIn time to protect us, like a swordCutting the blue cloak of a prince.”John Ashbery "A Snowball in Hell" Source: April Galleons (1987)