Famous Quotes | Meanwhile the angel,
dressed...

Meanwhile the angel,
dressed for laughs as a plasterer,
puts a match to whatever’s
lying in the grate: broken scaffolds,
empty cocoons, the paraphernalia
of unseen change. - Denise Levertov
Attribution: Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo–U.S. poet. “A Sequence.”

Categories: Angels, Change

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