"Chuckle Stop!"

'A poem comes about by fate or by chance. It "befalls" the one who receives it, like a benediction, that is, like words that confer a blessing or that invoke a blessing.'

(Hilis-Miller 2000: 171)

ReferenceHillis-Miller, J. (2000) 'Deconstruction and a Poem' in Royle, N. (ed.)
Deconstructions: A User's Guide. Basingstoke: Palgrave. pp. 171-186

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