Listen closely... the eternal hush of silence goes on and on throughou…

Jack Kerouac
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Listen closely... the eternal hush of silence goes on and on throughout all this, and has been going on, and will go on and on. This is because the world is nothing but a dream and is just thought of and the everlasting eternity pays no attention to it. ✨ Jack Kerouac (1960). The Scripture of the Golden Eternity: Pocket Poets Number 51, p.57, City Lights Books
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