xxiv
Live the heavenly ones
The nonhuman ones;
Yet they keep watch
On human time.
Cleverness is not wisdom.
Life is short.
Man should not wait
His downfall
To measure his height.
And hands that reach-
Beyond the grasp
Of the flesh-
Miss the present.
Life is short.
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