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Sign: Berkeley - Berkeley Poetry Walk - "Hydriotaphia" a play by Thomas Browne

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2002 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
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from HYDRIOTAPHIA

Happily I turn the earth,
tunnelling for all I’m worth.
Who needs heaven, who needs souls?
Below is Paradise for moles...
Heaven’s bright and full of fluff,
and never is there dirt enough,
so heaven’s not where moles are found
but digging deeper
deeper deeper
always deeper underground....

-Tony Kushner
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Berkeley’s poetry Walk was laid in October 2003 along Edison Street between Shattuck and Milvia Streets. The route includes 128 metal plates with excerpts from songs, each of which is related in one way or another to the city of Berkeley.

An excerpt from the play written by the American playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner (1956) best known for the play "Angels in America".
The play from which the passage is taken is based on the life of Sir Thomas Browne, the 17th century polymath

The connection between the section and Berkeley or California is not clear.




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