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A poem by Wendell Berry
A poem by Wendell Berry
Throwing away the mail
Nothing is simple,
not even simplification.
Thus, throwing away
the mail, I exchange
the complexity of duty
for the simplicity of guilt.
From The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry published by Penguin. Copyright © Wendell Berry, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1994, 1999, 2005, 2016. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Books Limited.