A Feather

Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) · 1914

3 lines · from Tender Buttons

A feather is trimmed, it is trimmed by the light and the bug and thepost, it is trimmed by little leaning and by all sorts of mountedreserves and loud volumes. It is surely cohesive.

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A Feather 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 Feather, in Tender Buttons (1914), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #15396, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/stein-tender-buttons/objects-a-feather.html, id L28674.

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