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" Drive down any road,

take a train or an airplane
across the world, leave
your old life behind,

die and be born again~
wherever you arrive
they'll be there first,

glossy and rowdy
and indistinguishable.
The deep muscle of the world. "

Mary Oliver , New and Selected Poems, Volume One


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Mary Oliver quote : Drive down any road,<br /><br />take a train or an airplane<br />across the world, leave<br />your old life behind,<br /><br />die and be born again~<br />wherever you arrive<br />they'll be there first,<br /><br />glossy and rowdy<br />and indistinguishable.<br />The deep muscle of the world.