• A man should not love the moon. An ax should not lose weight in his hand. His garden should smell of rotting apples, And grow a fair amount of nettles.

    Czeslaw Milosz: A man should not love the moon. An ax should not lose weight in his hand. His garden should smell of rotting apples, And grow a fair amount of nettles.
    "King Popeil and Other Poems (Should, Should Not)". Book by Czeslaw Milosz, 1962.