Quotation by Denise Levertov

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What joy when the insouciant
armadillo glances at us and doesn't
quicken his trotting
across the track into the palm brush.
What is this joy? That no animal
falters, but knows what it must do?

Denise Levertov

Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo–U.S. poet. "Come into Animal Presence."

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