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i'm going to guess this is from his collection "Empty Words"

By slightlyfleury (not verified) on 14 May 2008 #permalink

No, Empty words was an earlier work. This one is from 1962 and is an altogether more complex work. It is "Two Long Paragraphs and a Short One. Imagine That!" It was later choreographed by Merce Cunningham and performed regularly by Marcel Marceau.

By Leboyfriend (not verified) on 14 May 2008 #permalink

OMGZ!!1! that is sooo clver! i just fell off my chair laughing at that very good joke you just made!!

By curlyfries (not verified) on 14 May 2008 #permalink

Thanks, curly! And we appreciate your undeniable respect for grammar and English composition!!

ROFL =snort= MAO =wheeze= I can't =gasp= stand it! Gimme some =choke= oxygen! =turns blue, passes out=

"I have nothing to say and I am saying it and that is poetry as I need it."

By themadlolscientist (not verified) on 15 May 2008 #permalink