Circa 1986

Talking about Shakespeare,

Putting on airs,

Sitting quietly,

Feigning idolatry.

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How can you reassert what it is you invert?

How can you analyze what it is you despise?

All of these literals and these implieds

Make the heads swim of those who can't hide.

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Working on theses,

Forcing the pieces,

Writing steadily

Of forgotten melodies.

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How can you reassert what it is you invert?

How can you analyze what it is you despise?

All of these literals and these implieds

Make the heads swim of those who can't hide.

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Quoting Hemingway

In everything you say,

Forcing biography

To fit ideology.

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How can you reassert what it is you invert?

How can you analyze what it is you despise?

All of these literals and these implieds

Make the heads swim of those who can't hide.