Monthly Archives: May 2017

Of Clocks and Faces

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Louis Kasatkin

There are clocks older than time, that would show us how little of it there is left to spend, were we only capable of deciphering their numerals we might hasten more linger less decide sooner hesitate only when we are … Continue reading →

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The Library at Alexandria

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Louis Kasatkin

What words were they that were lost amid intolerance’s rage? Whose verses,knowledge,wisdom were swept into oblivion by the fires’ wrath? A pyre stacked with a million scrolls the deeds and glories of Ages past gone into the long forgetting; and … Continue reading →

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Absence of Words

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Louis Kasatkin

Where are they? where are those words that should have been here…. and…. here…. and here, all arranged in neat, ordered lines? Where are they? those absentees who’ve neglected their solemn duty and have absconded into obscurity: Meaning like wheat … Continue reading →

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