West African Proverb

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    If your buttocks burn, you know you have done wrong.
    —White South African proverb.

    Go on, high ship, since now, upon the shore,
    The snake has left its skin upon the floor.
    Key West sank downward under massive clouds
    And silvers and greens spread over the sea. The moon
    Is at the mast-head and the past is dead.
    Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    If your buttocks burn, you know you have done wrong.
    —White South African proverb.