I don't usually suck my breath in when I read a poem, but the poem reprinted in this post "got to me".
It's true, I think, that we tend to have just all sorts of lovely ideas about mankind and the universe that sound fine until somebody tries to apply them to us. But ouch.
(Note to parents: it might not be suitable for your kids. Your call.)
Hat tip: http://wittingshire.blogspot.com/2005/04/new-blog-musings-of-pilgrim.html
Phineas Redux by Anthony Trollope
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I read Trollope’s second Palliser novel, Phineas Finn, about an Irish
Member of Parliament and his adventures in London, both romantic and
political, back ...
3 weeks ago

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