”Language behaves as if it were always ‘in the wake’ of meaning, rather than owning and controlling it. “ Rowan Williams The Edge of Words 173
The pub overflows
this sunny Sunday: voices
competing, the heat
rising. It’s almost too much
of a good thing. I
do my thing. Basho:
“Don’t ever forget:
In the midst of the thi-
cket, the plum flowers.”
see Sam Hamill, Narrow Road to the Interior, p. 100.
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