THE CITY
Geoffrey Brock I When I was a child I brushed as a child which is to say often I didn’t at all but when I was a child I was sharp of wit and when omitting the brushing I wetted the bristles for I knew that my parents vetted the bristles II Now I am a man I brush as a man which is to say thoroughly to stave off rot but now I’m a man I am duller of wit did I brush already or not I forget and no one to vet these bristles but me
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