Wallace Stevens: The Platonist Celebrates Endless Change,

My Ambition In Life: To Become Successful Enough To Resume My Career As A Neurasthenic.

Fame Now Wears The Halo That Once Crowned Holiness.

Avant-garde Art Jousts With Propriety, But Takes Care Never To Unseat It.

My Mentors Grow Old And Foolish. I Am Afraid.

Lonely People Keep Up A Ceaseless Flow Of Commentary On Themselves.