Passing As Fluent

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Re: McClure Quote

From: Terry Dartnall
Date: 10/3/03
Time: 7:28:13 PM
Remote Name: 132.234.9.96

Comments

Hi Tim

Isn't the McClure quote great? "Freedom is to speak. And I fear to form what is air and may be made in a minute."

But I don't know whether he was talking about stuttering. I don't think so.

Here’s the whole thing:

Logos: Knout

It’s the abstraction of pain into the word And then the fear to speak That changes the bowl of bright flowers Into a misery - the room to a chamber – And the hands of the lover into grasping hooks. I beat myself with silence into silence. Freedom is to speak. And I fear to form What is air and may be made in a minute.

I wonder why he says “minute” and not “moment.” “Moment” would be better.

Cheers

Terry


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