'The Rabbits' (1886) by Gustave Doré
[From The Fables of La Fontaine: Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré, London 1886, p. 665]
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The ink hides more than it shows.
The ink removes
More than the paper
Do's.
Ink softens fake,
Ink cries
But does not feel.
Ink is what we take,
In our throes as we
To chaos fall.
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