The Legs of the Sky

 

The floor, moonlit, the moon behind you, is not enclosed by walls; a patch of sky is hidden by distant trees. But a patch of floor is 
itself hidden by the sky’s legs, standing on it, and this cannot be the 
opportunity for useless thoughts.

 

 

René Magritte (Belgium, 1898-1967), from Le Lèvres Nues (1968)

 

Source: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/detail/89732

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