When the immense drugged universe explodes In a cascade of unendurable…

Robert Graves
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When the immense drugged universe explodes In a cascade of unendurable colour And leaves us gasping naked, This is no more than the ectasy of chaos: Hold fast, with both hands, to that royal love Which alone, as we know certainly, restores Fragmentation into true being. Ecstasy of Chaos ✨ Robert Graves, Beryl Graves, Dunstan Ward (1999). Complete poems, Carcanet Pr
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