a lesson

[jazzfish]

it is better to be happy
for a moment
and be burned up with beauty
than to live a long time
and be bored all the while

--archy (Don Marquis), "the lesson of the moth"

Comments

[jmax315.livejournal.com]

A matter of opinion; I do not deny the validty of the writer's position, but I insist on the equal validity of its converse.

[jazzfish]

I think Archy would agree with you:

myself i would rather have
half the happiness and twice
the longevity