"green and red tears"

Larkin, Kenyon, Brautigan, Anonymous, Cavafy, Ellington

Philip Larkin:

Jane Kenyon:

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Richard Brautigan:

Anonymous, 13th century:

C.P. Cavafy (tr. from Greek by Rae Dalven):

Duke Ellington, “Melancholia,” rec. April 13, 1953:

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