Kill the Messenger
by Robert Kelly
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Everything that ought to be known about Robert Kelly can be found in his books, of which this is the fortieth. From "The Court Painter":How can I show you the truth ofanyone witout his face you ask?The face is the last thing I paint,& the least important.It is there to trick the subjectinto thinking he is one,that he has been 'represented.'But where he is is in a foldof cape, shadow of a label,wrinkle between elbow & those widegold stripes that tell how great he isTags
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Despite the title, I anticipated that KILL THE MESSENGER would deliver nearly as much irony as depression.
The only words that resonated:
The birds told me
some
by going some by staying
and -
this wasted day
nothing
but this
The only words that resonated:
The birds told me
some
by going some by staying
and -
this wasted day
nothing
but this
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Robert Kelly is a director of the Writing Program in poetry at Bard College.
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