ANQ, September 22nd, 1998
Eliot said that the "you" of the poem was an unidentified male companion.
--The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry
It wasn't what I'd call one of the most exciting nights of my life-- but you'd think it was that for him, the way he chattered and gassed on and on. The man must not get around much, except verbally, if you know what I mean. I wanted to meet some women, that's all. He is Prince Hamlet actually, a night out with him dooming a chap to a hard--and celibate--theater seat for one gloomy, toast-dry soliloquy after another on any topic in the world, so long as it be monumentally inc...
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