the presence of things American

experiencing a larger world

despite the shock of finding that now the world is saying no

to unboundedness that was blind to those it dominates

...may it now become more sensitive

and my particular thanks to American friends

Edwin Schlossberg and Tom Mitchell

and others too many to name

who have made a difference to my life

and especially to John Cage, who wrote:

To us and all those who hate us,
that the U.S.A. may become just another
part of the world, no more, no less.

as epigraphs to
A Year From Monday,1967
M: Writings '67-72,
Calder and Boyars, London 1973

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