The self-professed genius Gertrude Stein wrote a poem in Tender Buttons that I think gets the gist of Moby Dick in a much more condensed language:
"A White Hunter"
A white hunter is nearly crazy.
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1 comment:
when i read the title i was a little disappointed, but then... kapow... what line. lovely. thanks for posting.
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