"If that be full of meat"
Dickinson, Svoboda, Marx, Strand, Gilbert, Merwin
Emily Dickinson:
The Mind lives on the Heart / Like any Parasite - / If that be full of meat /
The mind is fat - / But if the Heart be lean / [thin decline] / The boldest mind will pine / stoutest mind is wan / Throw [Give] not to the divine / Like Dog a Bone
Terese Svoboda:
Groucho Marx:
Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.
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