poetry
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Her Birthday
It’s hard, sometimes, to put things into words. I’ve been stuck for a long time on that Stoppard quote—we are forced to work in a language which makes up in obscurity that which it lacks in style. It is, I… Continue reading
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We Will All Go Together When We Go
In 1973, Thomas Andrew Lehrer quit comedy because “political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize.” Those born after Lehrer’s retirement are likely to be familiar with him because he once sang the periodic table of elements to… Continue reading
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Boo
Ihave an affinity for useless information. The less practical or applicable it is, the more it sticks in my brain. Can I remember almost every line from The Pirates of Penzance because I worked a show as lighting crew in seventh grade?… Continue reading
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