Elegy by W.S. Merwin
Afternoon, and I am deeply involved in a discussion about semiotics. Here, I just remembered Merwin (add to that a current fascination with short works):
Elegy
W.S. MerwinWho would I show it to
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[...] don’t rely necessarily on any of these requisites? I think immediately of Merwin’s “Elegy,” about the only one-line poem I can think of. It reads: “Who would I show it to?” [...]