TE DEUM
Not because of victories
I sing,
having none,
but for the common sunshine,
the breeze,
the largess of the spring.
Not for victory
but for the day's work done
as well as I was able;
not for a seat upon the dais
but at the common table.
— Charles Reznikoff
from The Complete Poems of Charles Reznikoff
Black Sparrow Press
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So let's make a toast to the long art
of lingering.
~ Lee Upton
