XVII
The person has a mould. But not
Its animal. The angelic ones
Speak of the soul, the mind. It is
An animal. The blue guitar —
On that its claws propound, its fangs
Articulate its desert days.
The blue guitar a mould? That shell?
Well, after all, the north wind blows
A horn, on which its victory
Is a worm composing on a straw.
[continued]
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Wallace Stevens (1879-1955)
from The Man with the Blue Guitar, 1937
from The Man with the Blue Guitar, 1937
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