Dostoevsky Wrote That Beauty Will Save the World [by Mark]

for Chris Wallach

Years ago
A friend gave me a Thomas Merton book–
New Seeds of Contemplation—
He inscribed it with the following
From poet W.H. Auden:
“The funniest and kindest of mortals
Are those who are most aware
Of the baffle of being”

About you
I’d say:
“The funnest and kindest of mortals
Are those who are most aware
Of the beauty of interbeing”

Chris & Carrie