John Asbhbery (1927-2017)
John Ashbery (1927-2017).
… Each person
Has one big theory to explain the universe
But it doesn’t tell the whole story
And in the end it is what is outside him
That matters, to him, and especially to us
Who have been given no help whatsoever
In decoding out own man-size quotient and must rely
On second-hand knowledge…
— from “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror” (1974)
Parmigiano, “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror.”
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