In a Nutshell

“Marginalia
 
Sometimes the notes are ferocious,
skirmishes against the author
raging along the borders of every page
in tiny black script.
If I could just get my hands on you,
Kierkegaard, or Conor Cruise O’Brien,
they seem to say,
I would bolt the door and beat some logic into your head.
 
Other comments are more offhand, dismissive -
“Nonsense.” “Please!” “HA!!” -
that kind of thing.
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Posted on October 30th, 2009 under Literature, Quotes. Tags: irony, love, nonsense, page, perimeter, script. Comments: None