he stood against the wind and let it peel him clean
What is a quote? A quote (cognate with quota) is a cut, a section, a slice of someone's orange. You suck the slice, toss the rind, skate away.
Desire is no light thing.
Existence will not stop until it gets to beauty.
Meanwhile music pounded / across hearts opening every valve to the desperate drama of being / a self in a song.
I do think I have an ability to record sensual and emotional facts and factoids, to construct a convincing surface of what life feels like, both physical life and emotional life.