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Re:Black mamba venom is 'better painkiller' than morphine (2... by wwweston on Saturday October 02, 2021 @09:34AM (#28728444)
"the mind that is not baffled is not employed

the impeded stream is the one that sings"

-- Wendell Berry

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Re:Black mamba venom is 'better painkiller' than morphine (2... by nyokodo on Saturday October 02, 2021 @01:53PM (#28730527)
That’s a simple and lovely poem that speaks to me deeply. Thanks for teaching me it exists.
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Re:Black mamba venom is 'better painkiller' than morphine (2... by cheese_van on Saturday October 02, 2021 @02:49PM (#28730988)
A snake, you see, Has no legs to flee. When frightened He does not dither, He slithers.

(high school poet me, neither lovely nor deep, but I can't help myself)

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Re:Black mamba venom is 'better painkiller' than morphine (2... by wwweston on Saturday October 02, 2021 @03:33PM (#28731317)
Berry's a good well for deep-speaking thought.

The essay from which it comes is pretty great too -- I don't think it's online in whole form but there are pieces discussed here:

https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/11/18/wendell-berry-poetr...

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