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A Useless Good

from The November Guest by Ezra Briggs

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I pardon all of your sins,
But two I can’t abide
You read poems in silence
and kiss aloud.
a kiss, my dear, is not for the ear,
and music is not for the eyes.

So sin, blossom, be merry—
but take my advice:
Your delights and your fears,
Should align in the night.
a kiss, my dear, is not for the ear,
and music is not for the eyes.



*lyrics adapted from Robert Chandler's translation of a Sofia Yakovlevna Parnok poem. Her last unpublished cycle was called "a useless good".

I pardon all your sins—
but two I can’t abide:
You read poems in silence
and kiss aloud.
So sin, blossom, be merry—
but take my advice:
a kiss, my darling, is not for the ear,
and music is not for the eyes.

1931

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from The November Guest, released August 2, 2019

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Debut Album, 'The November Guest', released 02 August 2019.

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