If Aristotle could live just one more day What would bring him pleasure? Would he spend it or work or leisure,- Catergorizing the habits of sharks, Or, in the fields, listening to the meadowlarks Sing? Or one more time would he play the taws On the bottom of a King? And this last, Would it affect modern poetry in a way,- Cause Yeats to make a double assertion, Cancel the circus animal's desertion? I
Reason for writing:
one tiny change 2500 years ago might alter everything
eagerness for someone's comment
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