Judge: Are you trying to show contempt for this court, Mr Smith?
Smith: No, My Lord. I am attempting to conceal it.
Judge: Are you trying to show contempt for this court, Mr Smith?
Smith: No, My Lord. I am attempting to conceal it.
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
May it be long, at least This life one has to live. For difficult is the lesson
Immigrant November '63: eight months in London. I pause on the low bridge to watch the pelicans: they float swanlike,…