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Say uncle (2000)
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Forgetting takes space./Forgotten matters displace/as much anything else as/anything else. We must/skirt unlabeled crates/as thought it made sense/and take them when we go/to other states.
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A too closely watched flower/blossoms the wrong color./Excess attention to the jonquil/turns it gentian. Flowers/need it tranquil to get/their hues right. Some/only open at midnight.
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There could be nutrients
in failure —
deep amendments
to the shallow soil
of wishes.
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The day misspent, the love misplaced, has inside it the seed of redemption. Nothing is exempt from resurrection.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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September 21, 1945
(age 79)
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