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\begin{document}
\title{ Visible Words } 
\author{by {\large\sl Jess H.~Brewer } }
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\section{Excerpt from Borges}
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On the \adj{burning} \PN{February} \noun{morning} \PN{Beatriz Viterbo} \verb{died}, 
after \verb{braving} an \noun{agony} 
that never for a \adj{single} \noun{moment} \verb{gave way} to \noun{self-pity} or \noun{fear}, 
\pron{I} \verb{noticed} that the \noun{sidewalk billboards} around \PN{Constitution Plaza} 
\verb{were advertising} some \adj{new} \noun{brand} or \noun{other} 
of \PN{American} \noun{cigarettes}.  
The \noun{fact} \verb{pained} \pron{me}, for \pron{I} \verb{realized} 
that the \adj{wide} and \adj{ceaseless} \noun{universe} 
\verb{was} \adv{already} \verb{slipping} away from \pron{her} and that this \adj{slight} 
\noun{change} was the \noun{first} of an \adj{endless} \noun{series}.  
The \noun{universe} may \verb{change} but not \pron{me}, 
\pron{I} \verb{thought} with a \adj{certain sad} \noun{vanity}.  
\pron{I} \verb{knew} that at \noun{times} 
\pron{my} \adj{fruitless} \noun{devotion} \verb{had annoyed} \pron{her}; 
now that \pron{she} \verb{was} \adj{dead}, 
\pron{I} \verb{could devote} \pron{myself} to \pron{her} \noun{memory}, 
without \noun{hope} but also without \noun{humiliation}.  
\pron{I} \verb{recalled} that the \noun{thirtieth} of \PN{April} 
\verb{was} \pron{her} \noun{birthday}; on that \noun{day} 
to \verb{visit} \pron{her} \noun{house} on \PN{Garay Street} 
and \verb{pay} \pron{my} \noun{respects} to \pron{her} \noun{father} 
and to \PN{Carlos Argentino Daneri}, \pron{her} \adj{first} \noun{cousin}, 
\verb{would be} an \adj{irreproachable} and \adj{perhaps unavoidable} 
\noun{act} of \noun{politeness}.  
Once again \pron{I} \verb{would wait} in the \noun{twilight} 
of the \adj{small}, \adj{cluttered} \noun{drawing room}, 
once again \pron{I} \verb{would study} the \noun{details} 
of \pron{her} \adj{many} \noun{photographs}: 
\PN{Beatriz Viterbo} in \noun{profile} and in \adj{full} \noun{colour}; 
\PN{Beatriz} \verb{wearing} a \noun{mask}, 
during the \PN{Carnival} of \noun{1921}; \PN{Beatriz} at \pron{her} \PN{First Communion}; 
\PN{Beatriz} on the \noun{day} of her \noun{wedding} to \PN{Roberto Alessandri}; 
\PN{Beatriz} soon after \pron{her} \noun{divorce}, at a \noun{luncheon} at the \PN{Turf Club}; 
\PN{Beatriz} at a \adj{seaside} \noun{resort} in \PN{Quilmes} 
with \PN{Dalia San Marco Porcel} and \PN{Carlos Argentino}; 
\PN{Beatriz} with the \PN{Pekingese} \noun{lapdog} \verb{given} \pron{her} by 
\PN{Villegas Haedo}; \PN{Beatriz}, \adj{front} and \adj{three-quarter} \noun{views}, 
\adj{smiling}, \noun{hand} on \pron{her} \noun{chin}\dots  
\pron{I} \verb{would not be forced}, as in the \noun{past}, 
to \verb{justify} \pron{my} \noun{presence} with 
\adj{modest} \noun{offerings} of \noun{books} --- 
\noun{books} whose \noun{pages} \pron{I} \adv{finally} \verb{learned} 
to \verb{cut} \adv{beforehand}, so as \verb{not to find out}, 
\noun{months} \adj{later}, that \pron{they} \verb{lay} \adv{around} \adj{unopened}.  
}
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\section{``The Second Coming'' -- W.B.~Yeats}
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\verb{Turning} and \verb{turning} in the \adj{widening} \noun{gyre} \\
The \noun{falcon} \verb{cannot hear} the \noun{falconer}; \\
\noun{Things} \verb{fall apart}; the \noun{centre} \verb{cannot hold}; \\
\adj{Mere} \noun{anarchy} \verb{is loosed} \adv{upon} the \noun{world}, \\
The \adj{blood-dimmed} \noun{tide} \verb{is loosed}, and \adv{everywhere} \\ 
The \noun{ceremony of innocence} \verb{is drowned}; \\
The \adj{best} \verb{lack} \adj{all} \noun{conviction}, while the \adj{worst}  \\
\verb{Are} \adj{full} of \adj{passionate} \noun{intensity}. \\
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\adv{Surely} \adj{some} \noun{revelation} \verb{is at hand}; \\
\adv{Surely} the \PN{Second Coming} \verb{is at hand}. \\
The \PN{Second Coming}! \adv{Hardly} \verb{are} \adj{those} \noun{words} \adj{out} \\
When a \adj{vast} \noun{image} out of \PN{Spiritus Mundi} \\
\verb{Troubles} \pron{my} \noun{sight}: \noun{somewhere} in \noun{sands} of the \noun{desert}  \\
A \noun{shape} with \noun{lion body} and the \noun{head} of a \noun{man}, \\
A \noun{gaze} \adj{blank} and \adj{pitiless} as the \noun{sun}, \\
\verb{Is moving} \pron{its} \adj{slow} \noun{thighs}, while \adv{all about it} \\
\verb{Reel} \noun{shadows} of the \adj{indignant} \noun{desert birds}. \\
The \noun{darkness} \verb{drops} \adv{again}; but now \pron{I} \verb{know} \\
That \noun{twenty centuries} of \adj{stony} \noun{sleep} \\
\verb{Were vexed} to \noun{nightmare} by a \adj{rocking} \noun{cradle}, \\
And what \adj{rough} \noun{beast}, \pron{its} \noun{hour} \verb{come round} at last, \\
\verb{Slouches} \adv{towards} \PN{Bethlehem} to \verb{be} \adv{born}?
}
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\section*{Excerpt from Hemingway}
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``\verb{Forget} \pron{your} \adj{personal} \noun{tragedy}. 
\pron{We} \verb{are} \adv{all} \adj{bitched} from the \noun{start} and \pron{you} 
\adv{especially} \verb{have to hurt} \adv{like} \noun{hell} 
\adv{before} \pron{you} \verb{can write} \adv{seriously}. 
But when \pron{you} \verb{get} the \adj{damned} \noun{hurt} \verb{use} \pron{it} --- 
\verb{don't cheat} with \pron{it}. 
\verb{Be} as \adj{faithful} to \pron{it} as a \noun{scientist} --- 
but \verb{don't think} \noun{anything} \verb{is} \adj{of any importance} 
because \pron{it} \verb{happens to} \pron{you} 
or \noun{anyone} \adj{belonging to} \pron{you}.'' 
}

\null\hfil{\sl --- Letter to Scott Fitzgerald, dated 28 May 1934.}~~

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