"Birth, and copulation, and death.
That’s all the facts when you come to brass tacks:
Birth, and copulation, and death.”*
But though he repeated them twice,
Those aren’t all the facts when you
come to brass tacks,
Eliot left out a line:
Somewhere between copulation and death,
When you’re well along, but not near
your last breath,
You find that the facts when you come to brass tacks are
Ice, ibuprofen and time,
My friend,
Ice, ibuprofen and time.
*T.S. Eliot, from Sweeney Agonistes.
Jan 2, 2025
Jan 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM UTC
"Birth, and copulation, and death.
That’s all the facts when you come to brass tacks:
Birth, and copulation, and death.”*
But though he repeated them twice,
Those aren’t all the facts when you
come to brass tacks,
Eliot left out a line:
Somewhere between copulation and death,
When you’re well along, but not near
your last breath,
You find that the facts when you come to brass tacks are
Ice, ibuprofen and time,
My friend,
Ice, ibuprofen and time.
*T.S. Eliot, from Sweeney Agonistes.