You cannot see the walls that divide your hand
From his or hers or mine when you think you touch it.

You cannot see the walls because they are glass,
And glass is nothing until you try to pass it.

Beat on it if you like, but not too hard,
For glass will break you even while you break it.

Shout, and the sound will be broken and driven backwards,
For glass, though clear as water, is deaf as granite.

This fraudulent inhibition is cunning: wise men
Content themselves with breathing patterns on it.

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External links

Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus

Talking Writing Monster’s Page –

Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh

Poems in English 

• The Eagle That is Forgotten by Vachel Lindsay by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
• The Drunkards in the Street by Vachel Lindsay by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
• The Dandelion by Vachel Lindsay by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
• The Cornfields by Vachel Lindsay by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
• The Congo: A Study of the Negro Race by Vachel Lindsay by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
• The City That Will Not Repent by Vachel Lindsay by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
• The Chinese Nightingale by Vachel Lindsay by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
• The Broncho That Would Not Be Broken by Vachel Lindsay by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
• The Booker Washington Trilogy by Vachel Lindsay by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
• The Beggar’s Valentine by Vachel Lindsay by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
• The Bankrupt Peace-Maker by Vachel Lindsay by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
• The Amaranth by Vachel Lindsay by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
• The Alchemist’s Petition by Vachel Lindsay by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
• Sweethearts of the Year by Vachel Lindsay by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
• Sweet Briars of the Stairways by Vachel Lindsay by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
• Sunshine by Vachel Lindsay by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
• Star of My Heart by Vachel Lindsay by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
• St. Francis of Assisi by Vachel Lindsay by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
• Springfield Magical by Vachel Lindsay by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
• Shakespeare by Vachel Lindsay by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay

More external links (open in a new tab):

Russian Commerce Agency

Dealing Monster

Doska or the Board – write anything

Search engines:

Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)

Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.

Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees

Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.

Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.

 

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