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Chris Matthews is right
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Glenn Greenwald [2008-01-09]

  • We're going to post poems...?

    My favorite is also by Frost, ondelette.

    To Earthward

    Love at the lips was touch
    As sweet as I could bear;
    And once that seemed too much;
    I lived on air

    That crossed me from sweet things,
    The flow of--was it musk
    From hidden grapevine springs
    Downhill at dusk?

    I had the swirl and ache
    From sprays of honeysuckle
    That when they're gathered shake
    Dew on the knuckle.

    I craved strong sweets, but those
    Seemed strong when I was young;
    The petal of the rose
    It was that stung.

    Now no joy but lacks salt,
    That is not dashed with pain
    And weariness and fault;
    I crave the stain

    Of tears, the aftermark
    Of almost too much love,
    The sweet of bitter bark
    And burning clove.

    When stiff and sore and scarred
    I take away my hand
    From leaning on it hard
    In grass and sand,

    The hurt is not enough:
    I long for weight and strength
    To feel the earth as rough
    To all my length.

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    Apologies if I've posted this before...

    -- Anonymust1
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    Wednesday, January 9, 2008 06:05 PM
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