Absurdity

I see him working like a horse or bull or donkey or buffalo; never resting peacefully even to swallow a mouthful of the meal and as though has time to just ruminate; hurrying yet consulting his physician every two days; gulping his medicines while walking and running, and pulling himself on as though there’s nothing else worth in life than his relentless labor… diamonds, rubies dearest ransoms for his lifetime fortunes dead cockroaches