poets are useless,
. . .
are not only ‘non-utilitarian’,
we are ‘pathetic’:this is the new heresy;
but if you do not even understand what words say,how can you expect to pass judgement
✧ H.D., The Walls Do Not Fall
on what words conceal?
". . . and remember Lady Macbeth, who had her mind in her hand. We can't all be as safe as that."
