The 2River View

By Bied, Don

Book Id: WPLBN0000670082
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 55.41 KB.
Reproduction Date: 2004

Title:	The 2River View
Author:	Bied, Don
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Literature, Literature & thought
Collections:	The Etext Archive Collection
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Publisher:	The Etext Archive


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Classic Literature

Summary
Classic Literature

Excerpt
Excerpt: The Conversation You sketched me // at the coffee house, // we absently spoke of drawing // and literature. // I took exception to the manner // in which you drew hands, // I said // you make them look like machines. // Citing Ingres, I plotted a continuous line. // You agreed. // Critically eying the young // who hovered near decorative book stacks, // I muttered a condescending remark // about nose rings, poets, and tattoos. // But you refused to objectify or malign, // saying- such is the nature // of this establishment and of youth. // I agreed. // We nodded heads // and silently stroked Socratic beards // as the artifice of conversation // strolled for awhile longer, into longer // pauses over a couple of dollars worth // of cooling Ethiopian harari.