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Mark Doty

“Unspeakable"--unspeakability?--comes in three varieties.
First, that which cannot be said because one does not know it, and therefore cannot say it.
Second, that which cannot be spoken because it is culturally impermissible to do so.
And third, that which cannot be named because it is impossible, since the language provides no terms, no words to enable articulation.”

Mark Doty, What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life
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What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life by Mark Doty
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