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words have shape sound meaning
the interplay of
for example the phrase “reading Derrida” comes to mind (actually I’m reading Denis Donoghue)
reading Derrida
read — deride — sounds of a long e

<10/11/16 to deread - to dread>

read also has the sound of red — a color — two tenses
Derrida contains rid — the shape
to ride
to rid
to read the reed a shape
the pen as a reed
man as a reed in the wind
wind leads to mind in the
mind
in in the
things that can’t be conveyed in meaning shape or sound
the words “what are words for” that hover (they don’t hover) behind these pages — come from a song and the sounds and rhythms of Missing Persons can’t be conveyed

missing words
missing meanings

finished The Unbearable Lightness of Being with tears

tears for Willy — ten years a friend — a year gone

Willy poems

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