And when they asked me if I knew you, I'd smile and say you were a friend of mine.
And now as broken glasses show A hundred lesser faces, so My rags of heart can like, wish, and adore, But after one such love, can love no more.
Adam: After the Big Bang, the expansion of the universe slowed down but then after seven billion years for some reason it speeded up again and it’s been speeding up ever since. Someday everything you see here will disappear forever and eventually the night sky will be almost completely dark. Beth: That’s kinda sad. Adam: Sad?
-Adam (2009)
translated by David R. McCann When you leave, weary of me, without a word I shall gently let you go. From Mt. Yak in Yongbyon I shall gather armfuls of azaleas and scatter them on your way. Step by step on the flowers placed before you tread lightly, softly as you go. When you leave weary of me, though I die, I'll not let one tear fall.
But you were young, and you had Plenty of time: Going west, You slept on the train and did not smile. Under you the plains widened, turned silver. You slept with your mouth open. You were nothing, You were snow falling through the ribs Of the dead. You were all I had The Spirit Says, You Are Nothing, Larry Levis