Collection 4: "Hatred" by Wisława Szymborska

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  1. vault
    jump across or leap over, as an obstacle
    How easily it vaults the tallest obstacles.
  2. sap
    deplete
    And sleeplessness won't sap its strength; it feeds it.
  3. ecstasy
    a state of elated bliss
    Its face twisted in a grimace
    of erotic ecstasy.
  4. listless
    lacking zest or vivacity
    Oh these other feelings,
    listless weaklings.
  5. rabble
    a disorderly crowd of people
    Does doubt ever really rouse the rabble?
  6. diligent
    quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness
    Gifted, diligent, hard-working.
  7. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
    You can’t deny the inspiring pathos of ruins
    and a certain bawdy humor to be found
    in the sturdy column jutting from their midst.
  8. bawdy
    humorously vulgar
    You can’t deny the inspiring pathos of ruins
    and a certain bawdy humor to be found
    in the sturdy column jutting from their midst.
  9. jut
    extend out or project in space
    You can’t deny the inspiring pathos of ruins
    and a certain bawdy humor to be found
    in the sturdy column jutting from their midst.
  10. impeccable
    without error or flaw
    Above all, it never tires
    of its leitmotif—the impeccable executioner
    towering over its soiled victim.
Created on Mon Jul 13 11:39:17 EDT 2020 (updated Tue Jul 14 16:27:50 EDT 2020)

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