williams-actually

September 20, 2024

The child wanted to name the rabbit Actually, and could not be dissuaded from this.

It was the first time one of our pets was named after an adverb.

It made us uncomfortable. We thought it to be bad luck.

But no ill befell any of us nor did any ill befall the people who visited our home.

Everything proceeded beautifully, in fact, until Actually died.

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“Anglophilia is a disease that American poets have struggled with since the days of Poe, but it doesn’t mean that Bunting or Raworth are not great poets with absolute relevancy regardless of where one lives.
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Ron Silliman

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