'Everything that happens where we live happens in us. Everything that ceases in what we see ceases in us. Everything that has been, if we saw it when it was, was taken from us when it went away. The office boy left today.' br ~Fernando Pessoa br br br It’s the office boy - br And, God… the baby. br br br They existed, undeniably so, br In the days that came and went br [and he loved them] br Until they, themselves, br Were gone. br br Somehow in their going… br They became more-real br br And the sudden, pained awareness br Of their being, then, not-there br Was impossible to deny br And undeniably unbearable br (because he loved them) . br br br It’s the office boy – br And God, the baby, br br br And you br br And me br br And… that. br br br br (The 'office boy' quote above was extracted from Fernando Pessoa's The Book of Disquiet, entry 279 and I first discovered the 'baby' in 'Yes, I Know It's All Quite Natural', a piece attributed to Alvaro De Campos in the book Fernando Pessoa & Co. These two books are among those that NEVER get put away.