Anneke Brassinga - Colossus

Colossus

So as to write like none other you must first

read all that has ever been written, know all

that has been thought and said since Adam. Only then

is there a chance to add something incomparable.

Set to, you surely can: be humble enough

to spare yourself not one iota of what’s

gone before, from alpha on. When once the reading’s done

you’ll be cubits taller and more ruthless

than yourself – inimitable shadow that flashingly

flings itself at what remains still to be said.

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