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Friday, October 30, 2009

The School of Queeritude (If You Have to Ask How Much Tuition Is—You Can't Afford It)

Please don't miss this delicious response by Vassilis Zambaras to my previous post.
Posted by Joseph Hutchison at 5:06 PM
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Why "The Perpetual Bird"?

The Flight

At times in the day

I thought of a fire to watch

not that my hands were cold

but to have that doorway to see through

into the first thing

even our names are made of fire

and we feed on night

walking I thought of a fire

turning around I caught sight of it

in an opening in the wall

in another house and another

before and after

in house after house that was mine to see

the same fire the perpetual bird

—W. S. Merwin
 

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