I prefer zeroes on the loose
to those lined up behind a cipher.
I prefer the time of insects to the time of stars.
I prefer to knock on wood.
I prefer not to ask how much longer and when.
I prefer keeping in mind even the possibility
that existence has its own reason for being.
~ Wislawa Szymborska
Wislawa Szymborska was recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature.
photo: ka'ena point in the distance
bruce behnke 2018
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