"Things ...we grew lonely living among the things, so we gave the clock a face, the chair a back, the table four stout legs ...We fitted our shoes with tongues ...and hung tongues inside bells so we could listen ...the pitcher received a lip, the bottle a long, slender neck. ...we gave the country a heart, the storm an eye, the cave a mouth..."
January 1, 1970
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