11.11.2019

there are so many things admirable people do not understand

In scenery I like flat country.
In life I don’t like much to happen.

In personalities I like mild colorless people.
And in colors I prefer gray and brown.

My wife, a vivid girl from the mountains,
says, “Then why did you choose me?”

Mildly I lower my brown eyes—
there are so many things admirable people do not understand.

[William Stafford {1914-1993} 'Passing Remark', from Ask Me]

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