“ESSAY ON TRAGEDY” 

Our lives are full of indignities;
it is good to have a lover. If he happens
to also be a worker, he will put his hands
to your lips late at night and tell you not
to complain too much. You may say
it didn’t have to be like this, so much time
stolen, so much energy extracted from
the flesh just to erect red towers for people
you will never hear nor see. And he will agree
because he is exhausted too. It is good
to have a lover who notices the hawk
swooping from a pine, even if it holds
a rabbit with moth-eaten fur in its talons,
entrails spilling to earth, who pours you coffee
in the morning, who takes one moment
to listen and another to be quiet.

Author: Sandra Simonds
Booklet, 38 pp, 7 x 5.25 in
Language: English
ISBN: 979-8-9991646-9-8
Release Date: January 13, 2026
Publisher: The Economy Press

$15 

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