"but none will pass the Catacomb"
Acconci, Deleuze, Kaufman, Dickinson, Hill, Mayröcker, Marlis
Vito Acconci:
Gilles Deleuze:
Bob Kaufman:
Emily Dickinson:
The Butterfly in honored Dust / Assuredly will lie / But none will / pass [man’s] the Catacomb / So chastened as / the Fly— / Emily.
Geoffrey Hill:
Friederike Mayröcker (trans. from German by Donna Stonecipher):
Stefanie Marlis:
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