Can a street lamp beat like a fatalistic drum? Can a sigh be a sword of an Angel King? Can dice bequeath an embassy? Yes and no: Language often has a figurative, connotative logic, different from the more literal, denotative logic of a purchase order. Often beneath the wave, wide from this ledge -
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Can a street lamp beat like a fatalistic drum? Can a sigh be a sword of an Angel King? Can dice bequeath an embassy? Yes and no: Language often has a figurative, connotative logic, different from the more literal, denotative logic of a purchase order. Often beneath the wave, wide from this ledge-
By Robert Pinsky