Education
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from denmark hamlet brought silver
from denmark hamlet brought silverspeciedalers and croninand so he paid to wear the black robeand the recognition from the towns’ folkthat he was a student hereso he paid for admissioninto these corridors of ignorance and revelationadmission to these classroomswhere both daydreams and fascinations werebrought to the tablefor me he boughtmemories of how he kneltat his… Continue reading
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you learn solitude
you learn solitudeyour classmates all are like older unclesi haven’t read anywhere that the soul has shutters that swing open nor have i heard anywherethat it has doorsyour peers when they strolluphill the street to market squaredown lane through the meadowwhen they wade from the grassshores of the elbe into the shallowswhen the light of… Continue reading
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i hear that you’ve sworn to abdicate
i hear that you’ve sworn to abdicatefrom your scholarship here at this university to walk awayfrom the vacation of your dormitory from the evacuationof your fortunes from wittenberg the weekly assembly gathers mondaydeparts from the town at dawn i want shame to creep heat blushup your neck into your faceas you walk across the empire… Continue reading
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abandon your studies boycott a future
Europe was dominated by Christianity— first Catholic, then the Protestant Reformation. Members of the clergy could come to wield extensive power and influence in their regions, beginning with the officiating at the rites of passage…. abandon your studies boycott a futurea country with trails and lanesroads through fields and forestsvillages of the poor and their… Continue reading
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