Brackish HWMB 01 008

2021-10-04T00:00:00Z

Brackish The earth is an oyster with nothing inside it,     Not to be born is the best for man; The end of toil is a bailiff’s order,     Throw down the mattock and dance while you can. (p. 62). Auden, W.H. “Death’s Echo.” Poems . Knopf, 1995.