Praise the mutilated world

and the gray feather a thrush lost,

and the gray feather a thrush lost,
and the gray feather a thrush lost,
and the gentle light that strays and vanishes
and the gentle light that strays and vanishes
and returns.
 —Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare Cavanagh
and returns.
—Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare Cavanagh

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