The old song goes "Who do you love?" The English teacher in me goes "Whom do you love?" Reading A Test of Poetry today, which begins with Robert Herrick's "Trust to good verses, then," I wonder, "Whom do you trust?" Ibn 'Arabi and Rumi teach to trust God. When I fell in love with teaching film a few years ago, I often thought "Trust to good movies, then," echoing Herrick and Zukofsky. I have less faith in either poetry or film today.
I also think of Elvis Costello's Trust and the idea of a trust in the world of finance.
"I don't ask for much, I only want your trust
And you know it don't come easy." - Ringo Starr
The trees outside look lovely in the breeze. I feel tired listening to Schubert.
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