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Sorry, Pliny

 

 

 

Sorry, Pliny
(his words in italics)

Do not unduly despair:
Nature hath distributed safe
and effective medicine
most everywhere---
excepting in particular
as a part of
our ongoing nightmare,
the one of our so-called
breathable 21st Century air …
or when we’re under current
doctors’ costly care.

 

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weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years 10 months ago

'tis Pliny the elder

you refer to of course, his son's inclinations more purely liter'y, oh buggerit! Can't respond in your kind with any kind of dignity. Well put, needed saying, cheers, Jess