BELLES-LETTRES: german bakery

14.2.10

WHY

                    a question.
               not                It
             is                       is a
           It                          way
                                        of
                                       living.
                                       We
                                    live
                                  it
                                and
                              lose
                             with
                            it -
                           our
                           sanity
                           and
                           lives.

                           why

from 'Dead Poets Society'

"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer: that you are here; that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?"