“Lifetimes went past. With the critical mass
of hardly more than the thought of a thought
I kept on, headlong, to vanishing point.
I looked for an end, for some dimension
to hold hard and resist. But I still exist.”

— Simon Armitage

'Incredible', from The Universal Home Doctor.

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“Lifetimes went past. With the critical massof hardly more than the thought of a thoughtI kept on, headlong, to vanishing point.I looked for an end, for some dimensionto hold hard and resist. But I still exist.”

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“Lifetimes went past. With the critical mass
of hardly more than the thought of a thought
I kept on, headlong, to vanishing point.
I looked for an end, for some dimension
to hold hard and resist. But I still exist.”