My Father Bore A Burden Of Impossible Ambition. He Wanted All Things To Be Better Than They Were, Beginning
My father bore a burden of impossible ambition. He wanted all things to be better than they were, beginning with himself and ending with this world. Maybe this was because he was a poet. Maybe all poets are doomed to disappointment.
Niall Williams, History of the Rain
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