A wilted stem supports a small cracked eggshell painted like a globe against a faded olive background.

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Don Marquis

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

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Our interpretation.

Marquis twists the familiar line about the meek inheriting the earth into something wry and pitying instead of comforting. The joke suggests that inheriting the earth isn't necessarily a reward, that gentleness might just mean getting stuck managing a mess nobody else wanted.

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