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Farsighted Being farsighted means You can’t make out the scenes Happening before your eyes— They come as a surprise. The more remote the view The more it speaks to you. And clearly you can’t read That horrid snakelike screed The world delights to call The writing on the wall. 33 You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. ...

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