TR chance/accidents ch 4 re: Otto is a bonehead
alice wellintown
alicewellintown at gmail.com
Sun May 8 07:29:58 CDT 2011
Surely all this is not without meaning. And still deeper the meaning
of that story of Narcissus, who because he could not grasp the
tormenting, mild image he saw in the fountain, plunged into it and was
drowned. But that same image, we ourselves see in all rivers and
oceans. It is the image of the ungraspable phantom of life; and this
is the key to it all.
In me she has drowned a young girl, and in me an old woman
Rises toward her day after day, like a terrible fish.
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Jed Kelestron <jedkelestron at gmail.com> wrote:
> Otto - even his name is a mirror reflection.
>
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