That tuft of jungle feathers, That animal eye, Is just what… - Wallace Stevens

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That tuft of jungle feathers, That animal eye, Is just what you say. That savage of fire, That seed, Have it your way. The world is ugly, And the people are sad.

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

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That tuft of jungle feathers, That animal eye, Is just what you say. That savage of fire, That seed, Have it your way. The world is ugly, And the peo… - Wallace Stevens

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