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The Dancers Inherit the Party
by Ian Hamilton Finlay

When I have talked for an hour I feel lousy— Not so when I have danced for an hour: The dancers inherit the party While the talkers wear themselves out and sit in corners alone, and glower.

From Ian Hamilton Finlay: Selections by Ian Finlay. Copyright © 2012 by Ian Finlay. Reprinted with permission of University of California Press. All rights reserved.