A simple movement, settling back against a rope, evoking entire lives spent leaning into comfort and quiet, disengaging from din and adventure.
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‘Elsewhere late afternoon goes lazily enough.
And yawning as he leaves his tent
To sigh and settle back against a rope
(As some men settle into life
Quiet in quiet rooms, supplied
With all they need by mute, obedient hands).’
Source: Christopher Logue, War Music: An account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer’s Iliad, London: Faber and Faber, 2001, p. 183
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