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" Lost, is it, buried? One more missing piece?

But nothing's lost. Or else: all is translation
And every bit of us is lost in it
(Or found — I wander through the ruin of S
Now and then, wondering at the peacefulness)
And in that loss a self-effacing tree,
Color of context, imperceptibly
Rustling with its angel, turns the waste
To shade and fiber, milk and memory. "

James Merrill


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James Merrill quote : Lost, is it, buried? One more missing piece?<br /><br />But nothing's lost. Or else: all is translation<br />And every bit of us is lost in it<br />(Or found — I wander through the ruin of S<br />Now and then, wondering at the peacefulness)<br />And in that loss a self-effacing tree,<br />Color of context, imperceptibly<br />Rustling with its angel, turns the waste<br />To shade and fiber, milk and memory.