Opening lines of The New Spirit
I thought that if I could put it all down, that would be
one way. And next the thought came to me that to leave
all out would be another, and truer, way.
clean-washed sea
The flowers were.
These are examples of leaving out. But, forget as we will,
something soon comes to stand in their place. Not the
truth, perhaps, but - yourself. It is you who made this,
therefore you are true. But the truth has passed on
to divide all.
John Ashbery
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