while the shadows like long fingers
over the haystacks that sweep past
keep shocking him
because he is riding backwards.


"Father's Old Blue Cardigan", Men in the Off Hours, Knopf (New York, NY), 2000

Anne Carson Quotes

While the shadows like long fingers over the haystacks that sweep past keep shocking him because he is riding backwards.

While the shadows like long fingers over the haystacks that sweep past keep shocking him because he is riding backwards.

While the shadows like long fingers over the haystacks that sweep past keep shocking him because he is riding backwards.

While the shadows like long fingers over the haystacks that sweep past keep shocking him because he is riding backwards.