If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.
-- from The More Loving One
by W. H. Auden (1907-1973)
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-- sdh
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Radio
I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark
from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman
Can you imagine that face at 105? Happy birthday, WH.
Posted by: jim c | February 21, 2012 at 09:02 PM