1614: A Song On the End of the World | Czesław Miłosz

[exceptindreams]

"Piosenka o końcu świata

Comments

[flashfly]

Love:

By the rainspout young sparrows are playing
And the snake is gold-skinned as it should always be.

[with_rainfall]

Ooh, thank you. I love this take on it. It reminds me of Eliot's "not with a bang but a whimper - though of course this is a joyful, beautiful spin on that idea.

[orange_fell]

The slightest bit of continuity can mess up our perception of change . . . love it.