how fine our distinctions when we cannot choose

“I saw the sky descending, black and white,Not blue, on Boston where the winters…”

“Summer Between Terms"The day's so calm and muggy I sweat tears,the summer's clo…”

“The light at the end of the tunnel is just the light of an oncoming train.”

“Monkeys""You can buy cooler, more humdrum pets--a monkey deprived of his mother…”