Even a Mole-Rat Relishes the Sweetness

Music: Maria zart von edler Art
By Arnolt Schlick. Sequenced by David Cooke.

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Even a mole-rat relishes the sweetness Inside its mole-skinned eyes. And a roach, Groping through a stove-pipe's greasy dust, Has spots on its soul specialized for joy. There are salt songs for anemones, and lust Yet unsavored for a starfish to broach. Sorrowing butterflies grieve for life's fleetness; Ecstasy floods them at autumn's approach. Vines feel the Earth's turning, heavy with must; Each brief, tilted round their tongues will destroy. No creature not surfeit with terror and trust.