The Lost Hotels of Paris

Posted by Maverick ~ on December 10, 2015
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The Lost Hotels of Paris
(excerpt) by Jack Gilbert

Ginsberg came to my house one afternoon
and said he was giving up poetry
because it told lies, that language distorts.
I agreed, but asked what we have
that gets it right even that much.

We look up at the stars and they are
not there. We see the memory
of when they were, once upon a time.
And that too is more than enough.

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