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The Poet: Robert Bly, “Things to Think”
Thursday, April 6, 2017 17:49
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“Things to Think”
“Think in ways you’ve never thought before.
If the phone rings, think of it as carrying a message
Larger than anything you’ve ever heard,
Vaster than a hundred lines of Yeats.
Think that someone may bring a bear to your door,
Maybe wounded and deranged; or think that a moose
Has risen out of the lake, and he’s carrying on his antlers
A child of your own whom you’ve never seen.
When someone knocks on the door,
Think that he’s about
To give you something large: tell you you’re forgiven,
Or that it’s not necessary to work all the time,
Or that it’s been decided that if you lie down no one will die.”
- Robert Bly, “Morning Poems”
Source: http://coyoteprime-runningcauseicantfly.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-poet-robert-bly-things-to-think.html
Well, the idea of lying down in order to save lives for everyone seems brilliant