Gentlefolk stay at home.
Travel
reveals what is lamentable in the soul.
To go elsewhere is to
unstitch
the gather of innocence which innocence weaves
around our place.
It is the reason why I set great store on staying
at home amid my own things:
they are my common heartrending absolute.
Copyright © 2010 by Philip Mosley, translated from the French written by François Jacqmin, The Book of the Snow, Arc Publications
From The Book of the Snow
Philip Mosley, translation from
the French written by François Jacqmin
the French written by François Jacqmin
