11.01.2012

At first the solitude charmed me like a prelude

comminute
"Back off," I hissed, "before you learn the true meaning of comminute--with your face!"
pianistic
His best joke involved a pianistic little person, and the mere thought of it (without specific memory) makes me giggle more than a decade later.
biodiversity
She campaigned on a platform of biodiversity and lactose toleration, which, while perhaps commendable, may have missed the mark.

Take me by the hand;
it's so easy for you, Angel,
for you are the road
even while being immobile.

You see, I'm scared no one
here will look for me again;
I couldn't make use of
whatever was given,

so they abandoned me.
At first the solitude
charmed me like a prelude,
but so much music wounded me.

[Rainer Maria Rilke, 'Music', trans. by A. Poulin]

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