#the wild geese by mary oliver memorized CHECKKKK
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u do not have to be good. u do not have to walk on ur knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. u only have to let the soft animal of ur body love what it loves. tell me about despair, urs, and i’ll tell u mine. meanwhile the world goes on. meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscape, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again. whoever u are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to ur imagination. calls to u like the wild geese, harsh and exciting—over and over announcing ur place in the family of things.
#the wild geese by mary oliver memorized CHECKKKK#i already memorized it the last few days of jan but i forgot to update u guys#need to think of what my feb poem of the month will be still#one poem a month#p
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