A pronoun is a kind of withdrawal from naming.
\nBecause naming is heavy, naming may be slightly shaming.
\nWe live much more lightly than this,
\nwe address ourselves allusively in our minds \u2013
\nas \u201cI\u201d or \u201cwe\u201d or \u201cone\u201d \u2013 part of a system
\nthat argues with shadow, like Venetian blinds.
\nSpeaking of Venice, called \u201cthe Shakespeare of cities\u201d by a friend of mine,
\nreminds me of how often the Sonnets<\/i> misprint their<\/i> for thine<\/i>:<\/p>\n
beware the fog in Venice.
\nBeware those footsteps that stop in a hush.
\nI used to think I would grow up to be a person whose reasoning was deep,
\ninstead I became a kind of brush.
\nI brush words against words. So do we follow ourselves out of youth,
\nbrushing, brushing, brushing wild grapes onto truth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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