Dawn Said...She Said

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"What I can't understand is how a man could go through life
  always breaking up his luck, making the same mistakes
  over and over."

"It's hard to understand but awfully easy to do."

The greatest favor Marius, the man,
had ever done for Marius, the artist,
was to die at exactly the right moment.

Many men have triumphantly exploited
a miniscule talent through life 
only to ruin themselves by 
muffing their deaths.

Missing their proper exit cues
they have hung around like 
dreary guests at a party,
repeating themselves
until it is made clear
to all how little they
ever had to say.

But Marius, made his death
his greatest achievement.

Dawn Powell
THE WICKED PAVILION




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