Dunya Mikhail, tr. by Elizabeth Winslow, from The War Works Hard; “America”
Ingeborg Bachmann, from Darkness Spoken: The Collected Poems; "Days in White"
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“Are not all words made for the grave and heavy?”
—F. Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Part Three, “The Seven Seals (Or: The Yes and Amen Song),” §7 (edited excerpt).
“Don’t let my silence wound you. I’m just tired of words.”
Manuel Bandeira, from “Rest Your Hand on My Forehead,” This Earth, That Sky
