“I am a tarsier and a tarsier's son,
the grandson and great-grandson of tarsiers”

"Tarsier"
Poems New and Collected (1998), No End of Fun (1967)
Context: I am a tarsier and a tarsier's son,
the grandson and great-grandson of tarsiers,
a tiny creature, made up of two pupils
and whatever simply could not be left out...

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Polish writer 1923–2012

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