言葉は、紙コップに降り注ぐ無限の雨のように、流れ込み、溢れ続ける。／溢れ出た言葉は思い思いに流れ落ち、宇宙へと解き放たれる。／／悲しみの池、喜びの波が、開け放した心に押し寄せ、漂い続ける。／僕を捕まえ、優しく撫でながら。／／ - ジョン・レノン (1940 - 80) 「ビートルズ」: 『アクロス・ザ・ユニバース［ユニヴァース］』
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Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup, / They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe. // Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind, / Possessing and caressing me. // - John Lennon (1940 - 80) "The Beatles": Across the Universe
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