{"id":62786,"date":"2024-10-16T15:06:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T19:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=62786"},"modified":"2024-10-16T15:06:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T19:06:15","slug":"what-is-there-to-frighten-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2024\/10\/what-is-there-to-frighten-us.html","title":{"rendered":"‘What Is There to Frighten Us?’<\/strong><\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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th\u200be world\u2019s condition<\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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was never intended<\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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to forego the pleasure <\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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of a passing hope<\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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for no reason<\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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the bullet that  <\/strong>   <\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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will strike us all <\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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keeps me up at night <\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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all the circles of hell<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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not yet defined by madness<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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bury our lives in circus tents<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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and the black solitude of time<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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leaks away the hours<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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what is there<\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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to frighten us<\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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but the curse\u00a0of ego?<\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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jh<\/strong><\/em><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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