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Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns,
we ourselves flash and yearn,
and moreover my mother told me as a boy
(repeatingly) ...
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John Berryman (1914-1972), U.S. poet. 77 Dream Songs, no. 14 (1964).
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''Bats have no bankers and they do not drink
and cannot be arrested and pay no tax
and, in general, bats have it made.''
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John Berryman (1914-1972), U.S. poet. 77 Dream Songs, no. 63 (1964).
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Kenneth Belknap (4/1/2011 10:37:00 PM)
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Came here just to find some of the Dream Songs. Are there lots of poets who are unreadable on this sight?
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Aj Pinquot (6/27/2010 7:48:00 PM)
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Is there any way to actually, you know, read the effing poems?
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