"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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