Bill Knott Quotes

• And upsidedown in the earth a dead man walks upon my soles when I walk.

  Bill Knott

  Men, Earth, Dead Man

  Bill Knott (1968). “The Naomi Poems, Book One: Corpse and Beans”

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• If you are still alive when you read this,
  close your eyes. I am
  under their lids, growing black.

  Bill Knott

  Eye, Black, Alive

  Bill Knott (1968). “The Naomi Poems, Book One: Corpse and Beans”

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