| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 54184 |
| QUOTATION: | Like the shark, it contains a shoe. It must swim for miles through the desert Uttering cries that are almost human. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Louis Simpson (b. 1923), U.S. poet. American Poetry (l. 46). . .
Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert OClair, eds. (2d ed., 1988) W. W. Norton & Company. |
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