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Poems (Marianne Moore)/"HE WROTE THE HISTORY BOOK," IT SAID

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4498535Poems — "HE WROTE THE HISTORY BOOK," IT SAIDMarianne Moore
"HE WROTE THE HISTORY BOOK," IT SAID
There! You shed a ray
of whimsicality on a mask of profundity so
terrific that I have been dumbfounded by
it oftener than I care to say.
The book? Titles are chaff.

Authentically
brief and full of energy, you contribute to your father's
legibility and are sufficiently
synthetic. Thank you for showing me
your father's autograph.