Explore "The Sardonic Arm" by Maxwell Bodenheim on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
"Geography locates actual mountains, / Rivers, and valleys, while critics / Of literature and art / Draw imaginary maps / Small as the nail of an infant's thumb.
Then nouns and adjectives / Are purchased and arranged / To magnify and defend the size / Of exquisite differences / In altitude, position, and direction.