I Look And Look, / As Though

Poetry Operates By Hints And Dark Suggestions. It Is Full Of Secrets And Hidden Formulae, Like A Witch's Brew.

Merely To Have Survived Is Not An Index Of Excellence.

I Look And Look, / As Though I Could Be Saved Simply By Looking

It Doesnt Seem To Me Strange That Children Should Like The Macabre, The Sensational, And The Forbidden.

Children Know From A Remarkably Early Age That Things Are Being Kept From Them, That Grown-ups Participate In A World Of Mysteries.