William Dewitt Snodgrass

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    “I happened to find
    Your picture. That picture. I stopped there cold,
    Like a man raking piles of dead leaves in his yard
    Who has turned up a severed hand.”
    —William Dewitt Snodgrass (b. 1926)

    “Up the reputable walks of old established trees
    They stalk, children of the nouveaux riches; chimes
    Of the tall Clock Tower drench their heads in blessing:
    “I don’t wanna play at your house;
    I don’t like you any more.”
    My house stands opposite, on the other hill,”
    —William Dewitt Snodgrass (b. 1926)

    “After experience taught me that all the ordinary
    Surroundings of social life are futile and vain;”
    —William Dewitt Snodgrass (b. 1926)