Go, said the bird, for the leaves were full of children,
Hidden excitedly, containing laughter.
Go, go, go, said the bird: human kind
Cannot bear very much reality.
Time past and time future
What might have been and what has been
Point to one end, which is always present.
T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets
NOTES:
How racial inequalities contributed to Darwin's evolutionary theories: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00gbf2g
Animal Suffering: Philosophy and Culture (by Elise Aaltola): https://book4you.org/book/2687438/e43ff7
Jo Jo's Jacket (Stephen Malkmus): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS90RLeWILY&ab_channel=Hubadaeus
Eliot reading Four Quartets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga8tQrG4ZSw&ab_channel=vinyhilist
