What was the shell doing, on the shore? An ear endlessly drinking? What? Sound? Silence? Which came first? Listen. (R. S. Thomas)

What was the shell doing, on the shore? An ear endlessly drinking? What? Sound? Silence? Which came first? Listen.

R. S. Thomas

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