He who learns must suffer... Even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart; and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

~Aeschylus

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I custom-ordered four black t-shirts. One of them has the following haiku printed on the back:

The world? Moonlit
drops shaken
from the crane's bill

That one has proven more subversive than a Communist slogan. I get many puzzled stares. On occasion, a braver soul asks what it means. What is the meaning of this pronouncement.