Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
-September 1, 1939 by W. H. Auden
Seeing as how I lasted about two weeks on twitter about two years ago, and I have somehow tripped
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