He earns a farthing and has a penn'orth of thirst.
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London Types: Hawker
Far out of bounds he'd figured-in a race
Of West-End traffic pitching to his loss.
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Making the browns for bub and grub and doss,
Go East among the merchants and their men,
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You shall behold him, edging with equal strides
Along the kerb; hawking in either hand
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Cardboard and foil and bits of rubber band:
Some penn'orth of wit-in-fact that, with a grin,
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The Sacrifice
i've seen you
thirst
i feel what
thirst is
you look for
water
or whatever
that satisfies
the dreams of
your lips& tongue
i thirst for
thirst itself
but i do not
look for water
or even if there
is this pool
i still do not
wish to drink anything
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It had rained from the early morning
and the day came to its end.
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the crowd was the bright smile of
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whistle of palm leaf.
The shrill joy of that whistle floated
above all laughter and noise.
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stick.
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Rose had a huge thirst one November.
A big thirst if I well it remember.
she did drink a whole pool,
And don`t call me a fool,
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Godly thirst....
there is this
thirst in me, not in the tongue
the mouth denies it
there is this thirst
that water or wine or
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stays
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a dew from a leaf
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a thirst remains a thirst
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That which we really require not is dear at a farthing.
Who has patience may get fat thrushes at a farthing apiece.
Virtue knows to a farthing what it has lost by not having been vice.
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Remembering Thirst
it was when there was not water anymore
when i remember thirst
i hold the glass peering carefully if there is still any water left
there is none and so i go on and on the usual way that was
everything still contained in the vessel of my childhood
the ordinary wants still unsatisfied sleeping the whole night in thirst
even so thirsty in dreams until
finally forgetting thirst
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He who inherits a farthing, is expected to disburse a dollar.