The Hedgehog

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The Hedgehog

There exists a great chasm between those who relate everything to a single central vision and those who pursue many ends.

            —Isaiah Berlin


He knows the shadows on the moon


            are deep valleys,


skylines as jagged up there


            as these,


but even in daylight,


            moon half erased,


he sees the full arc of a sphere.

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