Another non-metaphor

[Laurence Horn]

On Mar 20, 2014, at 7:02 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think it is called sleep
>>
>
> Call it Sleep
> Henry Roth - 1934
>
> You're not alone! ;-)

Yeah, it's a good thing he didn't call it "Call it Eye-Butter" or he might have been a no-hit wonder.

LH

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