Explore "Griffy the Cooper" by Edgar Lee Masters on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
The cooper should know about tubs.
But I learned about life as well, / And you who loiter around these graves / Think you know life.
You think your eye sweeps about a wide horizon, perhaps, / In truth you are only looking around the interior of your tub.
You cannot lift yourself to its rim / And see the outer world of things, / And at the same time see yourself.
You are submerged in the tub of yourself --
Taboos and rules and appearances, / Are the staves of your tub.
Break them and dispel the witchcraft / Of thinking your tub is life!
And that you know life!