Stephen Crane

“Have you ever made a just man?”
“Oh, I have made three,” answered God,
“But two of them are dead,
And the third –
Listen! Listen!
And you will hear the thud of his defeat.”
- Stephen Crane

In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, “Is it good, friend?”
“It is bitter – bitter”, he answered,
“But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart.”
- Stephen Crane