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Gabriel Gudding: from "A Defense of Poetry" (1999?)

A poem written in response to a thought by language poet and publisher Charles Bernstein. You can find the full text and also download an audio file of the poet reading this here. — The Schoolmarm

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The lake trout is not a furious
animal, for which I apologize
that you have the mental
capacity of the Anchovy.

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