The poems of this phase had generally a narrative thread that was reduced at times to a shadow-and they rambled gracefully, argumentatively, variously.

这一阶段的诗，一般有一条有时谈到只剩一点影子的叙事的线索，这些诗就是这样优雅庄重地，追根究底地，变幻多端地抒写下去。

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And what Gene Upshaw says, not argumentatively, he just, you know, he said to me one day, he said, you know, Michael, my job here is to represent the active players.

NPR: Former NFL Players Unable to Pay Medical Bills