Curtis Perry
@curtisperry
Professor of English lit; anti-Zionist Jew; amateur of song; watcher of myriad kdramas; introvert; featherless biped; he/him.
This poem is by Maury Sagoff (who was my mom’s stepfather) from his charming book ShrinkLits
Reads: “OF Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit / Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast / Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, /With loss of Eden, till one greater Man / Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, / Sing Heav'nly Muse…” Brain:
Between this and your Herbert poem, you put me in mind of a memorably grotesque line from Edward Taylor’s Meditation 8:
Buck Owens' autobiography Buck Em, p. 226, on how Hee Haw ruined his reputation
This is Sparky, the mascot (and possibly occasional whiffler?) of Arizona State University athletics.