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Things to be looked at with a single eye.

"as a freshman i was assigned paradise lost and when i got to 'the mind is its own place' i thought ok if that’s true i can just hang out in my mind and don’t need to read this long stupid poem!!!!! this was not true

years later, reading and falling in love with it as a grad student, i was so mad at my younger self but glad to get a second chance—which is of course what PL is all about

i told this story to the undergrads in my milton class and they did not remotely care. going to follow up with them about it in 10 years" --@kukukadoo

The Sky Is An Elephant.

for this i saved myself
in black smoke swirling

nowhere will be safe
for this i saved myself

down the answers sift
all wisdom unavailing

for this i saved myself
in black smoke swirling

"This is not what our country will look like if the world fails to reduce emissions—this is our future even if we do."