Don't call this world adorable, or useful, that's not it.
It's frisky, and a theater for more than fair winds.
The eyelash of lightning is neither good nor evil.
The struck tree burns like a pillar of gold.
- the beginning of Where Does the Dance Begin, Where Does It End? by Mary Oliver
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