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Little War Machine
M Sarki
"Yeats wrote, 'Words alone are certain good.' Read Sarki and experience the truth of what Yeats wrote." Frank Lentricchia Sarki's big. Can clean my clock with time left over. The man asks me for a word, I give the man a word--after or otherwise. He's a stone mason, right? Whereas Lish is not even a leaflifter. Tell you what. Go back and try every damn one of them again. If they start to make sense, as in common or good, then I say they fail. But if you stay stumped, regard yourself as blessed. What we can figure out in the world we don't need. What we can't can, could, might save your life.  Like a stone. Pal, there is genius in a stone. And in no sense. Hey, you think the annulling of reason such a cinch? Go look at the lives of the true masons! Gordon Lish EXCERPT: "Clods of Dirt, Clumps of Grass" These inches meld as cricks across my land. Two ghurries surround this peculiar enjoyment. No pleasantries abide. A facade of unassailability. And brazenly played against. "When a Portion Remains" Finally, the Adjunct mare. Her gait leads The lantern. But here, Beneath my Shroud, is Ancilla. Familiar and Attentive. |
