Quote #47

Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.

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  1. The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
  2. On golden chairs Sitting at ease, you paid for the songs which we chanted To those less lucky. You paid us for drying their tears And for c…
  3. Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
  4. All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
  5. Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come…
  6. Of all the works of man I like best Those which have been used. The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges The knives and forks w…
  7. Marie Farrar: month of birth, April Died in the Meissen penitentiary An unwed mother, judged by the law, she will Show you how all that liv…
  8. How long Do works endure? As long As they are not completed.

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