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“In the Investigations Wittgenstein explains that ’grammar tells what kind of object anything is’ because grammar expresses its ’essence’ (as Spinoza might say), or better, its connections.” Kallenberg, Ethics as Grammar, 109.
A right robin on
the lawn, a flash of burnt orange
on packed, cement-gray
lawn. Why am I glad
to run into this silent
bird this evening?
As still as a stone,
you hold the key to tonight’s
walk. It’s hard to read
in this failing light
the meaning when nonsense and
things hang together.
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Tom D'Evelyn is a private editor and writing tutor in Cranston RI and, thanks to the web, across the US and in the UK. He can be reached at tom.develyn@comcast.net. D'Evelyn has a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. Before retiring he held positions at The Christian Science Monitor, Harvard University Press, Boston University and Brown University. He ran a literary agency for ten years, publishing books by Leonard Nathan and Arthur Quinn, among others. Before moving to Portland OR he was managing editor at Single Island Press, Portsmouth NH. He blogs at http://tdevelyn.com and other sites.
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