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From Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Second Fig”
SAFE upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand:
Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!
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See
M. Truman Cooper from “Swamplands of the Soul”
Suppose that what you fear
Could be trapped, and held in
Then you would have the courage to go
everywhere in the world.
All the directions of the compass
pen to you,
except the degrees east or west of true north
that
lead to
Still, you wouldn’t dare
put your toes
smack dab on the city limit line.
You’re not really willing
to stand on a mountainside
miles away,
and
watch the
come up at night.
Just to be on the safe side,
you
decided to stay completely out of
but then danger
seems too close
even to those boundaries
and you feel
the timid part of you
covering the whole globe again.
You need the kind of friend
who learns your secret and says,
“See
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