photo at the beach of the edge of the water, with small streams of water trickling back through the beige and grey sand down into the low tide, which is in the upper left corner of the image; with water carving many feathered and contoured ways into the clear water, reflecting pale and silvery sunlight, studded with occasional black and grey volcanic rocks or chunks of coral, and smaller stones and pieces of shells.

the way is borne between
two virgin sisters:
a line for little kings,
a line for little beggars.

if the way feels very long,
sometimes the truth
is this: turn yourself
around to see her face.


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Phaedrus: (as Lysias, cont.)

for neither
for the taker (lambanein)
(is) the balance (axios)
of equal grace (charitos ises)

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οὔτε γὰρ τῷ λαμβάνοντι χάριτος ἴσης ἄξιον