I had the idea that the world’s so full of pain


it must sometimes make a kind of singing.
it must sometimes make a kind of singing.
And that the sequence helps, as much as order helps—
And that the sequence helps, as much as order helps—
First an ego, and then pain, and then the singing. —Robert Hass
First an ego, and then pain, and then the singing.
—Robert Hass

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