To rest in comfort

 

"Oliver takes up the shovel and hoe and tells me privately 

He's glad enough to lay down the fiddle and bow. 

He has hated the tedious waiting on rich men and all the Talk." 

Angle of Repose   

re·pose1 

/rəˈpōz/

noun

a state of rest, sleep, or tranquility.

"in repose her face looked relaxed"

Similar:

rest

relaxation

inactivity

restfulness

stillness

idleness

sleep

slumber

peace

peace and quiet

peacefulness

quiet

quietness

quietude

calm

calmness

tranquillity

leisure

ease

respite

time off

breathing space

Opposite:

work

activity

stress

strain 

verb 

be lying, situated, or kept in a particular place.

"the diamond now reposes in the Louvre"

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From Middle English reposen (“to be at rest”), 

 from Middle French reposer from Old French repauser from Late Latin repausō (“to lay to rest, quiet; comfort, soothe; lie down, be at rest, rest”), 

 from re- (“again, back”) +‎ pausō (“to halt, cease, pause, rest”), 

 from Latin pausa (“pause, halt, stop, rest”) 

 from Koine Greek παῦσις (paûsis, “stopping, ceasing; pause”)  

from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “to make to rest; cease, stop, hinder, halt”). 

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To rest in comfort as potatoes and gravy in an eager belly that salivates toward a universal digestion, there in the chain of all once living constellations, content. 

Finished enough to begin. 

Circuitous, beyond grammar and pretensions, indifferent to which fork on which side and related illusions. 

Through the poppy etched wine glasses your light blazes trackless. In unflown saucers you pilot our search for humanity among a world eating itself. 

Now, courage bangs it's lunchbox on the caverns as huck and becky fool around in one candle glamour. 

Don't leave without saying hello to sarcasm, regretlessly dressed for theater.   

Horizon in hiking boots, your map bursts the itinerary toward enlightenment. Not to say staying oblivious to certain cues isn't a proper tonic. 

And sleep on the field of battle watching worms escape mud for higher ground, using rain as a escalator toward epiphany. Dissolve, there is no solution but union. 

The deadline is gateless and soft among the peerless retinue of cloud animals born to amuse. 

Just desserts bathe the eyes clear and we see contented harmonious escape from games and monotonous contests.  

Your transcendental drift fills the sails of granddaughters as sycamore seeds, dried, merge with breeze  

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"The steepest angle at which granular material can be piled without material sliding off of the pile."