What Would It Be Like To Live

He Was Trying To Fit This Herakles Onto The One He Knew.

I Do Think I Have An Ability To Record Sensual And Emotional Facts And Factoids, To Construct A Convincing Surface Of What Life Feels Like, Both Physical Life And Emotional Life.

To Live Past The End Of Your Myth Is A Perilous Thing.

You Can Never Know Enough, Never Work Enough, Never Use The Infinitives And Participles Oddly Enough, Never Impede The Movement Harshly Enough, Never Leave The Mind Quickly Enough.

I Emphasize The Distinction Between Brackets And No Brackets Because It Will Affect Your Reading Experience, If You Will Allow It. Brackets Are Exciting. Even Though You Are Approaching Sappho In Translation, That Is No Reason You Should Miss The Drama Of Trying To Read A Papyrus Torn In Half Or Riddled With Holes Or Smaller Than A Postage Stamp--brackets Imply A Free Space Of Imaginal Adventure.