361 Five Glimpses of Gratitude (Maya Angelou, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sharon Olds, Henry David Thoreau, WS Merwin)
The History of Literature
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I Walked Up and Down the Main Street at Half Past Five in the Dark
I spent several hours in the travellers room at the depot, as in a dream. I did not spend the forenoon with you on account of baggage. If it had been a seasonable hour, i should have seen you if you had not gone to a horse race. But think of making a call at half past three in the morning. Would it not have implied a three o'clock in the morning courage in both you and me? As it were, ignoring the fact that mankind are really not at home. Are not out, but so deeply in that they cannot be seen nearly half their hours at this season of the year.
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