Lisel Mueller (February 8, 1924–February 21, 2020) In Sleeping Beauty’s castlethe clock strikes one hundred yearsand the girl in the tower returns to the world.So do the servants in the kitchen,who don’t even rub their eyes.The cook’s right hand, liftedan exact century ago,completes its downward arcto the kitchen boy’s left ear;the boy’s tensed vocal cordsfinally …
Billy Collins – Table Talk
Billy Collins (March 22, 1941 -) Not long after we had sat down to dinner at a long table in a restaurant in Chicago and were deeply engrossed in the heavy menus, one of us—a bearded man with a colorful tie— asked if any one of us had ever considered applying the paradoxes of Zeno …
Stephen Dunn – Discrepancies
Stephen Dunn (June 24, 1939 -) It has something to do with ugliness, even more, perhaps, with aggression, but horseflies inspire no affection, even though they’re superb pilots. Maybe because once they were squirmy, furry things, butterflies seem content with their sudden beauty, no interest in getting anywhere fast. The small brown bird outside my …
Notozake Shange – My Father Is A Retired Magician
my father is a retired magician which accounts for my irregular behavior everythin comes outta magic hats or bottles wit no bottoms & parakeets are as easy to get as a couple a rabbits or 3 fifty cent pieces/ 1958 my daddy retired from magic & took up another trade cuz this friend of mine …
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