8 ʯʸˌʩ ʯʲʩʥʸ˦ ʩʥʥ , ʨˋʦ ʨʩʰ ʪˌʣ ʯʥʠ ʨʡʩʬʩʢ ʬʩ˦ ʯʲʰٷʦ ʲʫʬʲʥʥ , ʯʸˌʶ ʨʩʮ ʯʥʠ ʸʲʨʫʲʬʲʢ ʨʩʮ ʯʡʲʬ ʯʫʸʥʣ ʯʲʩʩʢ ʯʥʠ ʨˋʢˋ ʯʥʠ ʸʲ˦ٷ ʯʥ˦ ʲʸʲʩʩʦ ʯʢʩʥʠ ʩʣ ʯʩʠ — ʯʸˌʩ ʩʣ ʯʲʰٷʦ ʩʥʦˋ ʯʲʥʥʲʢ . ʯʸˌʩʨʷˋ ʩʥʥ ʯʦʲʥʥʲʢ ʪʩʥʠ ʯʲʰٷʦ ʯʥʠ , ʬˋʤ ˋ ʨʩʮ ʯʬʩ˝ʹ ʱˌʥʥ ʡ ʬʩʥʮ " ʨʲʬʮˋʤ " ʷʸˋʮ ʯʸˋ˦ ; ʣʰˋʬ ʯʩʠ ʩʥʥ , ʯʶʬˌʨʹ ˋ , ʯʸˌʩʰʩʱʰˋʸʢ , ʷʸˋʷ ʯʸˋ˦ ʣʰˋʨʹ˦ʩʥʠ ʭʲʣ ʯˌ ʯ˝ˋʫ ʱˌʥʥ . ʲʦ ʯʥʠ , ʨʶʩʠ ʯʲʰٷʦ ʩʩʦ ʷʩʨʥʮʲʣ ʩʥʥ , ʨˌʢ ʯٷʮ , ʸʩʥʥˋʬʷ ʸʲʨʸʲʨʲʮʹʲʶ ˋ ʩʥʥ ʭʥʨʹ ʯʥʠ , ˝ʹ ʯʥʠ ʱʩʥʨʹ ʱʰʣʲʩˋ ʡʩʬ ʸˋ˦ ʯˌ ʯʲʮʲʰ ʯʥʠ ʨˌ , ʪʩʣ ʯʫʥʦ ʯʥʠ , ʸʩʣ ʯʩʠ ʷʩʣʰʡʩʥʬʢ ʨʩʰ . 9 YEARS Like women well loved yet still not sated, going through life with laughter and rage eyes gleaming with fire and agate— that’s how the years were. They were also like actors, insipidly playing Hamlet in the square, like grand seigneurs in a proud land who grab rebellion by the throat. See how submissive they are now, my God, struck dumb as a shattered piano, taking each blow and taunt like a caress, seeking You, yet not believing in You. ...