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Language Lesson 1976
- Wesleyan University Press
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Language Lesson 1976 When Americans say a man takes liberties, they mean he's gone too far. In Philadelphia today I saw a kid on a leash look mom-ward and announce his fondest wish: one bicentennial burger, hold the relish. Hold is forget, in American. On the courts of Philadelphia the rich prepare to serve, to fault. The language is a game as well, in which love can mean nothing, doubletalk mean lie. I'm saying doubletalk with me. I'm saying go so far the customs are untold. Make nothing without words, and let me be the one you never hold. 141 ...