Rumors of Ecstasy, Rumors of Death Quotes

“my brain is many colors, vague,
like massed flowers:
total spectrum of petals
beginning with black.

I wear my costume inside
like blood and bones,
keep graphs of my ups and downs,
discover people laugh more
at my falls than at my flying.

The moral of this story is:
sad eyes need also tears.”
― Grace Butcher, Rumors of Ecstasy, Rumors of Death

“So I shall practice sorrow in my love,
stand in thin sun from old windows and grieve:
inevitability of the grave,
monotony of death, partitioned lives.”
― Grace Butcher, Rumors of Ecstasy, Rumors of Death