Poetry So as not to feel the horrible burden of time that breaks your back and bends you to the earth, you have to be continually drunk. 5 December 200922 May 2015 joannemerriam Read “Be Drunk” by Charles Baudelaire (translated by Louis Simpson). Related Posts Poetry Writing he loves me not 11 April 202611 April 2026 joannemerriam Poetry Writing Three erasures 15 February 202615 February 2026 joannemerriam
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