Charles Simić Quote

I was already dozing off in the shade, dreaming that the rustling trees were my many selves explaining themselves all at the same time so that I could not make out a single word. My life was a beautiful mystery on the verge of understanding, always on the verge! Think of it!


The world doesn't end: prose poems (ed. Harcourt, 1989)


I was already dozing off in the shade, dreaming that the rustling trees were my many selves explaining themselves all at the same time so that I...

I was already dozing off in the shade, dreaming that the rustling trees were my many selves explaining themselves all at the same time so that I...

I was already dozing off in the shade, dreaming that the rustling trees were my many selves explaining themselves all at the same time so that I...

I was already dozing off in the shade, dreaming that the rustling trees were my many selves explaining themselves all at the same time so that I...