13 May 2026
Everything is plundered, betrayed, sold,
death's great black wing scrapes the air,
misery gnaws to the bone.
Why then do we not despair?
Everything Is Plundered (1921), trans. Stanley Kunitz
13 May 2026
Everything is plundered, betrayed, sold,
death's great black wing scrapes the air,
misery gnaws to the bone.
Why then do we not despair?
Everything Is Plundered (1921), trans. Stanley Kunitz