Shorthand

As soon as I speak, I speaks.

As soon as
I speak, I
speaks. It

wants to
be free but
impassive lies

in the direction
of its
words. Let

x equal X, x
also
equals x. I

speak to
hear myself
speak? I

had not thought
that some
thing had such

undone. It
was an idea
of mine. — Robert Creeley, “The Pattern,” in Words, (New York: Scribner, 1967), 49.

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