"They said"You have a blue guitar You do not play things as… - Wallace Stevens

"They said"You have a blue guitar
You do not play things as they are".
The man replied,"things as they are
Are changed upon the blue guitar"."

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Wallace Stevens (2 October 1879 – 2 August 1955) was an American modernist poet and businessman.

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"They said"You have a blue guitar You do not play things as they are". The man replied,"things as they are Are changed upon the blue guitar"." - Wallace Stevens

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