Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:56:59 -0800
From: MWP <mpalmer@JPS.NET>
To: POETICS@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: TAPP/ING Poe's The Raven (For M Blanchot, on the day of his death)

TAPP/ING Poe's The Raven (For M Blanchot, on the day of his death) :


/NAPP/ING,/

    A/H, D/ISTI/NCTL/Y I /WISH/ED T/O DR/EAM /BEFO/RE. /



    /MUCH/ I M/UTTE/R, W/HEN,/ WHA/T TH/E RA/VEN /THAT/ GOD/ HAT/H
SE/PARA/TE D/YING/ EMB/ER W/HOM /THE /ANGE/LS N/AME /LENO/RE -/

    N/OT T/HE L/AMPL/IGHT/'S P/LUTO/NIAN/ SHO/RE! /



    /=PRO/PHET/ STI/LL I/S SI/TTIN/G

    /EVER/MORE/ THA/T ME/ SEE/ING /LONE/LINE/SS U/NBRO/KEN,/

    A/ND T/HE L/OST /LENO/RE -/

    F/EARI/NG, /DREA/MS N/O MO/RTAL/S EV/ER D/OOR /-

    /TELL/ ME /- TE/LL M/E - /

    TE/LL M/Y FA/NCY /UNTO/ FAN/TAST/IC T/ERRO/RS N/EVER/ DAR/KNES/S
PE/ERIN/G,

/ DOU/BTIN/G, D/REAM/S NO/W BU/RNED/ INT/O TH/AT N/O LI/NKIN/G WH/AT T/HIS
/I SA/T DI/VINI/NG, /BIRD/ BEG/UILI/NG M/ORE./



/ PRE/SS, /AH, /DIST/ANT /MAID/EN W/AS T/HE W/ORD,/ AS /MY H/EAD /AT
E/NGAG/ED I/NTO /THE /NIGH/T DR/EARY/,

    /WHIL/E I /NODD/ED, /=TAP/PING/, AN/D NO/THIN/ ME /SEE,/ THE/REAT/ING
/ENTR/EATI/NG E/MBER/ DOO/R; -/

    D/EEP /INTO/ THE/N, W/ITH /MIEN/ OF /PALL/ID B/UST,/ SPO/KEN,/ AND/
THE/RE S/TEPP/ED A/BOVE/ MY /SAD /UNCE/RTAI/N

    /BEFO/RE.=/



/ BUT/ NO /BLAC/K PL/UME /OF F/ORGO/TTEN/ LOR/D OR/ BEA/K FR/OM O/FF M/Y

    /THAT/ ONE/ BUR/DEN /IF, /WITH/ FAN/CY I/NTO /FANC/Y IN/TO S/TILL/NESS/
BRO/KEN /OF T/HE S/CULP/TURE/D BU/ST, /SPOK/EN, /=NEV/ERMO/RE.=/



/ AH,/ NEV/ER F/ELT /BEFO/RE; /-

    /PERC/HED,/ AND/ NOT/HING/ OF /EVIL/!

    /LEAV/E MY/ DOO/R!= /

    QU/OTH /THE /RAVE/N, =/NEVE/R FL/ITTI/NG, /

    AN/D MY/ SOU/GHT /FROM/ AN /ECHO/ MUR/MURE/D BA/CK T/HE W/IND
/NEPE/NTHE/ AND/ RAD/IANT/ MAI/DEN /BORE/

    O/N TH/E TU/FTED/ - N/OT A/ MIN/UTE /STOP/PED /A ST/ATEL/Y RA/PPIN/G AT/
MY /BOOK/S SU/RE I/ OPE/N HE/ UTT/ERS /IS I/ SAT/ DIV/ININ/G

    /ON T/HE

/ HAT/H SP/OKEN/! - /PROP/HET!/= SA/ID I/, =O/THER/ TEM/PEST/ AND/ TAK/E
TH/Y FO/WL T/O HE/AR D/ISCO/URSE/ SO /APTL/Y SP/OKEN/ OF /PALL/AS J/UST /OF
P/ALLA/S JU/ST A/BOVE/ HIS/ CHA/MBER/ DOO/R - /

    SO/ON A/ BUS/T AB/OVE /MY C/HAMB/ER D/OOR /-

    /PERC/HED /UPON/ THE/ RAV/EN S/AD U/NCER/TAIN/

    T/HIS /I WH/EELE/D A /TAPP/ING,/ RAP/PING/, TA/PPIN/G SO/MEWH/AT L/IE
T/HY S/OUL /FROM/ MY /HEAR/D YO/U= -/ HER/E I /SAT /ENGA/GED /IN G/ILEA/D?
-/ TEL/L ME/ WHA/T TH/IS G/RIM,/ UNG/AINL/Y,

/ OVE/R MA/DAM,/ TRU/LY, /

    TH/AT O/NE W/ORD,/ =LE/NORE/!

    /BY T/HAT /WORD/ THE/ WHI/SPER/ED W/IDE /THE /SILE/NCE /MADE/ HE;/

    B/Y TH/ESE /ANGE/LS N/AME /A TA/PPIN/G, S/TILL/ IS /DREA/RY, /

    OV/ER M/ANY /A FL/IRT /AND /SAT,/ AND/ STE/PPED/ OR /LADY/, PE/RFUM/ED
F/LOOR/;

    /SO T/HAT /I SC/ARCE/ WAS/ UNB/ROKE/N, A/ND T/HE O/NLY /FOWL/ WHO/SE
V/ELVE/T SI/NKIN/G

    /TO T/HE T/UFTE/D FL/OOR./

    =/'TIS/ SOM/E VI/SITO/R,= /SAID/ I, /=WHA/T IT/S GH/OST /LENO/RE -/

    L/EAVE/ MY /DOOR/!=

/ THI/S, A/ND T/HIS /EBON/Y BI/RD B/EGUI/LING/,

    /BUT /THE /DOOR/ -

/ PER/FUME/D FR/OM A/N UN/SEEN/ CEN/SER /

    SW/UNG /THE /SAIN/TED /- NE/VERM/ORE./=

    /QUOT/H TH/E RA/VEN,/ THO/UGH /THY /LORD/ OR /BEAS/T UP/ON T/HE N/IGHT/
O'E/R,

/ SHE/ SHA/LL C/LASP/ A R/ARE /AND /THE /BEAT/ING /ENTR/EATI/NG O/'ER,/

    B/Y TH/AT G/OD W/E BO/TH A/DORE/ -

/ CLA/SP A/ RAR/E AN/GELS/ HE /DID /OUTP/OUR./

    N/AMEL/ESS /I IM/PLOR/E!= /

    TH/EN T/HE B/UST /OF P/ALLA/S JU/ST A/BOVE/ US /- BY/ THE/E

    /FLOO/R

    /FOLL/OWED/ FAS/TER /SENT/LY M/ORE /-

    /TILL/ BEG/UILI/NG A/T MY/ CHA/MBER/ DOO/R,

/ IN /THAT/ MEL/ANCH/OLY /BURD/EN B/ORE /-

    /WHET/HER /THEN/ HE /WILL/ LEA/VE N/O TO/KEN,/

    =/WRET/CH,=/ I C/RIED/, =T/HING/ OF /THAT/ IS /I WA/S NA/ME L/ENOR/E - /

    NA/MELE/SS H/ERE /I OP/ENED/ WID/E TH/AN M/UTTE/RS I/S IT/ IS,/ AND/
THI/S EB/ONY /BIRD/ ABO/VE H/IS C/HAMB/ER D/OOR./

    E/VER /- NE/VERM/ORE./=

    /THIS/, AN/D TH/IS M/YSTE/RY E/YES /HAVE/N, T/HOU,/= I /CRIE/D,
=/TAPP/ING,/ LON/ELY /MORE/.=

/

    B/UT W/HOSE/ FOO/TFAL/LS T/INKL/ED O/R ST/AYED/

    H/ATH /SPOK/EN W/ANDE/RING/, LO/NG I/ STO/PPED/ A S/AINT/ AND/ NOT/HING/
MOR/TALS/ EVE/R YE/T WA/S IN/ THE/ FLO/WN

/ BEF/ORE./=

    /

    BU/T WH/OSE /FOOT/FALL/S TI/NKLE/D ON/ THE/E - /RESP/ITE /AND
/FORG/OTTE/N LO/RE, /AND /THE /ONLY/

    T/ILL /LEAV/E NO/ TOK/EN O/F TH/E CO/UNTE/D, O/N TH/IS H/OPE /THAT/ THE/
LAM/PLIG/HT G/LOAT/ING /AT M/Y CH/AMBE/R DO/OR, /

    WI/TH S/ENT /AND /NOTH/ING /MY S/OUL /GREW/ DEN/SER,/ PER/CHED/ UPO/N
TH/E PL/ACID/ BUS/T AN/D OM/INOU/S BI/RD O/R

    /DEVI/L! -/ PRO/PHET/!= S/AID /I, =/SURE/ NO /LIVI/NG H/UMAN/ BEI/NG

/ FAN/CY, /THIN/G OF/ EVI/L! -/

    W/HILE/ I P/ONDE/RING/,

    /AND /AN E/CHO /MURM/URED/ BUS/T, S/POKE/N,

/ IT /WAS