1,957 books
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1,890 voters
1979
“
Coincidences undeniably imply meaning.
I am rereading Hart Crane.
I notice the date
On which he stepped off that boat
Was April 26.
Tomorrow is April 26.
The year of his suicide was 1932.
I was four.
I am now fifty-one.
One undeniable implication in this case then
Is that the year, today,
Is 1979.
Afterward, Crane’s mother scrubbed floors.
Eventually, I may or may not
Jump overboard.
Are there questions?
”
― Collected Poems
― Collected Poems
“
Some of my greatest sense of accomplishments is making something happen when I’ve been told “it will never happen.
”
― Rising From the Bottom
― Rising From the Bottom
