front and back of a pebble- image made with scanner. The pebble is a perfect creature equal to itself mindful of its limits filled exactly with a pebbly meanin g with a scent that does not remind one of anything does not frighten anything away does not arouse desire its ardour and coldness are just and full of dignity I feel a heavy remorse when I hold it in my hand and its noble body is permeated by false warmth Pebbles cannot be tamed To the end they will look at us with a calm and very clear eye. by Zbigniew Herbert
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