up in smoke

a bit of Sappho, based on two ancient sources (incomplete)…

            ]a gift

          fa]mous indeed[
            ]beautiful and noble, y[our
friends. you distress m[e
              ] dishonored

                ]swollen . overrun . [
                ]stuffed. for my m[ind
            is not so [
              ]ordered,

                ]not even[    ] dry,[
                                        ], understanding
                                    ] . misery
                                        ]while

                                        ]unyielding with[
                                    ]mind well[
                                        ]bles[sed up in smoke

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