A Box
Out of kindness comes redness and out of rudeness comes rapid samequestion, out of an eye comes research, out of selection comes painfulcattle. So then the order is that a white way of being round issomething suggesting a pin and is it disappointing, it is not, it is sorudimentary to be analysed and see a fine substance strangely, it is soearnest to have a green point not to red but to point again.
Words in this poem
- strangely adv.
- As something foreign, or not one's own; in a manner adapted to something foreign and strange.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
A Box is in the public domain. This text is taken from Tender Buttons: Objects, Food, Rooms, Project Gutenberg ebook #15396; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Gertrude Stein, A Box, in Tender Buttons (1914), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #15396, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/stein-tender-buttons/objects-a-box.html, id L28634.
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