10 October 2005 - extirpation

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2005 : 10 October 2005

It’s Already Mostly Empty Anyway

We shall not cease from extirpation,
And the end of all our extirping
Will be to empty the universe
And see our home for the first time.

clue:

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
— T.S. Eliot

give me a clue so sweet and true