David Malouf Quotes

Toccata II
A Man Sits Pen In Hand, Paper
before Him. What Is On His Mind
he Will Set Down Now, The Word Not To Be Spoken
lightly. As If Of All
his Words This Was The One That Touched The Heart
of Things And Made Touch
the Last Sense Of All As It Was The First, And The Word
that Speaks It Loaded
with All That Came Strongest, A Planet's-worth
of Sunlight, Cooling Green, The Close Comfort
of Kind. It Is The World He Must Set Down
now, Also Lightly, Each Thing
changed Yet As It Was: In So Many Fumblings Traced Back
to The Print Of His Fingertips Still Warm Upon It, The Warmth
that Came When He Was Touched.
The Last, As He Sets It Down, No More Than
a Breath, Though Much
that Is Still To Be Grasped May Turn Upon It.

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