“When I die
let the black rag fly
raven falling
from the sky.”
"Black Flag" in Collected Poems (1983)
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George Woodcock 21
Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anar… 1912–1995Related quotes
“I can't help but notice that everytime I fly somewhere, other people's planes fall out of the sky.”
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1990s

"Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love"; an earlier variant, rather than "Even eagles...": "Heavy hippopotami do it..."
Paris (1928)

Into the Mystic
Song lyrics, Moondance (1970)

“More stars fall from the loosened sky.”
Pluraque laxato ceciderunt sidera caelo.
Source: Thebaid, Book X, Line 145