Monday, May 28, 2007

The banality of dawn

The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.

(Samuel Beckett: Murphy)

Gilford Gadberry had a contempt for dawns badly done. He knew how blatant and stylized the outdoor world can be in its pristine moments: the contrived shagginess of grass, the stupidity of trees, the falsity of flowers, the oafishness of the birds and their inept melody.

(R. A. Lafferty: Seven Story Dream)

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