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When the World Stands Still

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When the World Stands Still It happens very rarely. The earth’s axis screeches and comes to a stop. Everything stands still then: storms, ships and clouds grazing in the valleys. Everything. Even horses in a meadow become immobile as if in an unfinished game of chess. And after a while the world moves on. The ocean swallows and regurgitates, valleys send off steam and the horses pass from the black field into the white field. There is also heard the resounding clash of air against air.

Zbigniew Herbert, trs. Czesław Miłosz & Peter Dale Scott

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