Maxioms by W. H. Auden
When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a bachelor's baby suffocating under them; read more
When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a bachelor's baby suffocating under them; / Somebody called him George and that was the end of it: / They hitched him up to the Army.
Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.
Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.
The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar, and is shocked by the unexpected: the eye, on the other read more
The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar, and is shocked by the unexpected: the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.
In those whom I like, I can find no common denominator; in those whom I love I can: they all read more
In those whom I like, I can find no common denominator; in those whom I love I can: they all make me laugh.
