Now I see it--
it nudges with its bulldog head
the slippery stems of the lilies, making them tremble;
and now it noses along in the wake of the little brown teal
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As always, Oliver takes a simple and natural action and makes it universal. The power and the pathos, the acceptance and the tragic, the stalker and the victim-each must be accepted, held sacred, and taken to oneself. Truth underlies all real beauty.
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As always, Oliver takes a simple and natural action and makes it universal. The power and the pathos, the acceptance and the tragic, the stalker and the victim-each must be accepted, held sacred, and taken to oneself. Truth underlies all real beauty.