SOLE JUSTIFICATION

In that same decade, H.D. wrote three novels dealing

with same-sex desire; she published none of them. 

Charlie Tyson: H.D.’s Art of Failure(2022).

A great author who doesn't publish

is like a great lover who never

seduces, never makes love -

utterly useless.

The sole justification for their

existence is in their art,

whether that of flesh,

or of printed words.

A great author who doesn't

publish is like a great lover

who only masturbates -

utterly useless.

24.10.2022

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