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Sunday, November 27, 2005

"Hieroglyphica" - Wallace Stevens

People that live in the biggest houses
Often have the worst breaths.
Hey-di-ho.

Even if I had nothing else to do
I could look at flowers.
Hey-di-ho.

The humming-bird is the national bird
Of the humming-bird.
Hey-di-ho.

X understands Aristotle
Instinctively, not otherwise.
Hey-di-ho.

Let wise men piece the world together with wisdom
Or poets with holy magic.
Hey-di-ho.

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