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" My head cocked toward the sky,
I cannot get off the ground,
and, you passing over again,

fast, perfect, and unwilling
to tell me that you are doing
well, or that it was mistake

that placed you in that world,
and me in this; or that misfortune
placed these worlds in us. "

James Tate


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James Tate quote : My head cocked toward the sky,<br />I cannot get off the ground,<br />and, you passing over again,<br /><br />fast, perfect, and unwilling<br />to tell me that you are doing<br />well, or that it was mistake<br /><br />that placed you in that world,<br />and me in this; or that misfortune<br />placed these worlds in us.