Don't just LOOK at the lady — linger over her eyes with yours.
Reading "a Certain Smile" is like looking back on the wild French youth you never had, don't particularly want, But love to linger over.
So yeah, if you’re having trouble, go take a walk, or find some new materials, but don’t linger over what it all means. Start playing.
You get to linger over things that previously might have merited only a passing glance. Such as 38 statues of the Buddha.
The poems snatch precious remembered moments. They linger over the sweetness of particulars—vetch, the feel of an eel on a line.
