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He is a good poet. Each time in my job when we miss a deadline, or when our implementation causes a bug on the production I read his "Why the classics" (https:/
by fourgreen 2y ago
He is a good poet. Each time in my job when we miss a deadline, or when our implementation causes a bug on the production I read his "Why the classics" (https://allpoetry.com/Why-The-Classics https://allpoetry.com/Why-The-Classics), especially this fragment:
generals of the most recent wars
if a similar affair happens to them
whine on their knees before posterity
praise their heroism and innocence
they accuse their subordinates
envious colleagues
unfavourable winds
Thucydides says only
that he had seven ships
it was winter
and he sailed quickly
- readthenotes1 2y agoThanks! That was unexpectedly touching. "will it be lovers' weeping in a small dirty hotel when wall-paper dawns"