Our assignment here was to describe something handy that you like. I’m really taken by their specificity of description and depth of feeling. They bring to mind some other favorites, including:
“Anecdote of the Jar,” a poem by Wallace Stevens.
“The Aleph,” a short story by Jorge Luis Borges. In the original Spanish.
“This Old Porch,” a song by Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen.
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