prufrock and the universe

T.S. Eliot -  The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock 
Prufrock and Other observations (1920)

(c) Domenico D'Onofrio

(...)
And indeed there will be time
To wonder, “Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?”
Time to turn back and descend the stair,
With a bald spot in the middle of my hair—       
(They will say: “How his hair is growing thin!”)
My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin,
My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin—
(They will say: “But how his arms and legs are thin!”)
Do I dare       
Disturb the universe?
In a minute there is time
For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.

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