Only Here’s What I Really, Really Want Someone To Explain To Me. What If One Happens To Be

     Only Here’s What I Really, Really Want Someone To Explain To Me. What If One Happens To Be
     Only Here’s What I Really, Really Want Someone To Explain To Me. What If One Happens To Be
     Only Here’s What I Really, Really Want Someone To Explain To Me. What If One Happens To Be
     Only Here’s What I Really, Really Want Someone To Explain To Me. What If One Happens To Be
     Only Here’s What I Really, Really Want Someone To Explain To Me. What If One Happens To Be

     Only here’s what I really, really want someone to explain to me. What if one happens to be possessed of a heart that can’t be trusted—? What if the heart, for its own unfathomable reasons, leads one willfully and in a cloud of unspeakable radiance away from health, domesticity, civic responsibility and strong social connections and all the blandly-held common virtues and instead straight toward a beautiful flare of ruin, self-immolation, disaster? Is Kitsey right? If your deepest self is singing and coaxing you straight toward the bonfire, is it better to turn away? Stop your ears with wax? Ignore all the perverse glory your heart is screaming at you? Set yourself on the course that will lead you dutifully towards the norm, reasonable hours and regular medical check-ups, stable relationships and steady career advancement, the New York Times and brunch on Sunday, all with the promise of being somehow a better person? Or—like Boris—is it better to throw yourself head first and laughing into the holy rage calling your name?

— THE GOLDFINCH, Donna Tartt.

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ANNE SEXTON
ANNE SEXTON

ANNE SEXTON

‘The Truth the Dead Know’, The Complete Poems (1981);

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