There was no epiphany, just dirt, the vast curtain between this realm and the other.
Aria Aber
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Dirt and Light; The New Yorker (March 29, 2021 issue; online March 22); Full original poem read via indexed New Yorker. Complete sentence spoken at a grave; preserves the absence of revelation rather than inventing consolation. This is Aber’s own wording, not the Merrill quotation within the poem. 1
- Dirt and Light; The New Yorker (March 29, 2021 issue; online March 22)
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