"a train tunnel, or God's intestine."
Holub, Edson, Brautigan, Cavafy, Bishop, Plath
Miroslav Holub (trans. David Young and Miroslav Holub):
Russell Edson:
Richard Brautigan:
C.P. Cavafy (trans. Edmund Keely and Philip Sherrard):
Elizabeth Bishop to Robert Lowell, July 11, 1948:
Sylvia Plath, Oct. 7, 1962:
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