„In Heraclitus' river
a fish has imagined the fish of all fish“

— Wisława Szymborska

"In Heraclitus' River"
Poems New and Collected (1998), Salt (1962)
Context: In Heraclitus' river
a fish has imagined the fish of all fish,
a fish kneels to the fish, a fish sings to the fish,
a fish begs the fish to ease its fishy lot.

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Wisława Szymborska92

Polish writer 1923 - 2012

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