On Major and Minor

Anne Carson

Major things are wind, evil, a good fighting horse, prepositions,

inexhaustible love, the way people choose their king. Minor

things include dirt, the names of schools of philosophy, mood

and not having a mood, the correct time. There are more major

things than minor things overall, yet there are more minor

things than I have written here, but it is disheartening to list

them. When I think of you reading this, I do not want you to

be taken captive, separated by a wire mesh lined with glass from

your life itself, like some Elektra