Parading

Down Sally Cow Lane and Elsewhere

Maybe human destiny

Of hasty joy and lingering despair
Of hasty joy and lingering despair
Of hasty joy and lingering despair
Is the instrument of the Other. We don’t know.
Is the instrument of the Other. We don’t know.
Nor will evoking God’s name do much good.
Nor will evoking God’s name do much good.
While terror, doubt, incessant pleading would
While terror, doubt, incessant pleading would
Not help. Such things are futile bluff. What bow
Not help. Such things are futile bluff. What bow
Must have released the arrow that I am? —Jorge Luis Borges, translated by Willis Barnstone
Must have released the arrow that I am?
—Jorge Luis Borges, translated by Willis Barnstone

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