I think I have achieved what mechanics call an extra. However, I shall retain these pages,—because I want to date my sadness.
[MY HEART LAID BARE]
I
Of the vaporization and the centralization of the ego. All lies in that.
Of a certain sensual joy in the society of extravagants.
(I plan to begin My Heart Laid Bare at any point, in any way, and to continue it from day to day, following the inspiration of the occasion and the moment, provided that the inspiration be vivid.)
II
The first comer, if he can entertain, has the right to speak of himself.