"That this time would be another, / but it is, / it is about to go under, every moment. / Facts bleed their color, / see how they break up and dissolve, / their fabric does not last; / you do see, don't you? / Not even your disaster / deserves belief."
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Mirkka Rekola
Mirkka Elina Rekola (26 June 1931 β 5 February 2014) was a Finnish writer from Tampere who published poems, aphorisms, essays.
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