Coleridge once said to
Harriet Martineau,
‘You seem to regard society
As a congeries
Of individualities’,
To which she replied,
‘Of course I do:
Happiness equals
Freedom equals
Personality.’
A non-meeting of minds
Is the permanent legacy
That finds
History
In the encounter:
Something’s made Coleridge transfer
To the biologically impeded
But nobody’s superseded
Harriet Martineau.
‘Happiness equals
Freedom equals
Personality,’
She has similarly replied
To those on the other other side.

IMPRIMER LES PAROLES