“Tell me, Tell me where might there be a refuge for me
from egocentricity
and its propensity to bisect,
mis-state, misunderstand
and obliterate continuity?”

— Marianne Moore

Tell Me, Tell Me
Poetry

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American poet and writer 1887–1972

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