Still, for that little while

AG2026_1233449a
AG2026_1233449a. On the 500 block of NW 32 Street.

Earthquake Magnitude 7.4 – 5 km S of San José del Palmar, Colombia. Servicio Geológico Colombiano.

El volcán Puracé, also, erupted.


Of course it was a disaster.
The unbearable, dearest secret
has always been a disaster.
The danger when we try to leave.
Going over and over afterward
what we should have done
instead of what we did.
But for those short times
we seemed to be alive. Misled,
misused, lied to and cheated,
certainly. Still, for that
little while, we visited
our possible life.

Going There, Jack Gilbert

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