
Stevie Smith and William Carlos Williams
Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast
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The Unobserved Man Breaks Wind
"I was born to be lonely. I am best," the poem reads. The poet sings and dances about his own loneliness, which is a taboo subject for many people. "When we thought when this guy was naked, that he'd stripped away a lot of the surface coverings, but now he's actually singing and dancing about his Own Lonely."
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