Elizabeth Bishop reads "Filling Station"
Bishop reading "Filling Station"
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Punctuation used like musical notation -- an exclamation and then a rest
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Oh, but it is dirty!
—this little filling station,
oil-soaked, oil-permeated
Elizabeth Bishop
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to a disturbing, over-all
black translucency.
Be careful with that match!
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Somebody waters the plant,
or oils it, maybe.
Audience laughter
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so that they softly say:
esso—so—so—so
Bishop laughter
Elizabeth Bishop
Audience laughter