I know I won't be justified as long as I live,
since I myself stand in my own way.
Don't bear me ill will, speech, that I borrow weighty words,
then labor heavily so that they may seem light.


"Under One Small Star" - Poems New and Collected (1998) - Could Have (1972)

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