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Garage poetry

Nov 27, 2007

Updated Dec 14, 2009

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iThe safety valve alone
Knows the worst truth about the engine.
— From the poem “>Your Teeth Are Ivory Towers” (1940) by William Empson (1906-1984)

(According to critic John Holbo, that’s pretty much the best line in the poem.)

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