an eudæmonist

Put down the apple Adam

The 22nd of May 2004, a Saturday, at 18.10

Generally: commonplace.

More specifically to do with: , , , , , .

Might be similar to:
It was the Distance
Inquiries
discoursing
they say it’s May
east of Eden in the land of Nod

It might be easier / to fail - with Land in Sight - / Than gain - my Blue Peninsula - / To perish - of Delight

Mortality is fatal
Gentility is fine
Rascality, heroic
Insolvency, sublime

[…]

A coward will remain, Sir
Until the fight is done;
But an immortal hero
Will take his hat and run…

– Emily Dickinson
No. 21

  1. This entry’s title is from the same poem; the stanza runs:

    Put down the apple Adam
    And come away with me
    So shal’t thou have a pippin
    From off my Father’s tree!

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