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I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagus
With tigery stripes, and a face on it
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I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagus
With tigery stripes, and a face on it
Round as the moon, to stare up.
I want to be looking at them when they come
Picking among the dumb minerals, the roots.
I see them already-the pale, star-distance faces.
Now they are nothing, they are not even babies.
I imagine them without fathers or mothers, like the first gods.
They will wonder if I was important.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness.
Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness.
Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons
Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
