"and years of microbits of flora"
Wittgenstein, Dickinson, Hughes, Stevenson, Frost
Ludwig Wittgenstein:
I can well understand why children love sand.
Emily Dickinson:
Emily, / We play at Paste - / Till qualified for / Pearl - / Then, drop the Paste - /
And deem Ourself / a fool - / The Shapes, tho', were / similar, / And our new Hands /
Learned Gem Tactics / Practicing Sands - / Emily.
Langston Hughes:
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Robert Louis Stevenson:
Carol Frost:
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