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III.7 Habet hoc voluptas omnis First the hypnosis As the hive buzzes, Issuing dank and honeyed promises; Lust for the rose- Gold-tinted ooze Makes you forget the swarm, the sting, the bruise. II.4 Quisquis volet perennem The man who cannot hope to own A house unless he takes a loan He’ll still be paying off when he Is on Social Security Might daydream of a terraced perch On Venice or Miami Beach, Watching the wave that scours and breaks In sizzling phosphorescent flakes, Swimming naked in a balmy California January, Breathing Floridian perfume Of sunscreen, alchohol and brine; But then, remembering the jolt Preparing in the coastal fault, The timber-smashing wind and rain Of yearly Force Five hurricanes, He thinks it wiser to invest In the dry, steady, flat Midwest, Where a s ... This article is available to subscribers and for individual purchaseSubscribe to TNC (Print and Online editions) Subscribe to TNC (Online only) This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 26 March 2008, on page 27 Copyright © 2012 The New Criterion | www.newcriterion.com http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/the-consolations-3782
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