“The ghost of 'lectricity howls in the bones of her face.”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, Blonde on Blonde (1966), Visions of Johanna
“Winds howl and howl at ghosts of those war's killed—
on soldiers' faces shines the stalking moon.
O men, alive or dead, has anyone
portrayed your faces or invoked your souls?”
Source: Chinh phụ ngâm, Lines 97–100
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