Question

In a poem by this man, the speaker believes that his proposition of “All I want is boundless love" should ideally make him “the least difficult of men.” This author memorialized a playwright nicknamed “Bunny,” V. R. Lang, including in a poem whose speaker carries his papaya juice and copy of Poems by Pierre Reverdy back to work. In a poem by this author, the speaker gets his shoes shined on a “Friday / three days after (*) Bastille day.” This poet of “A Step Away from Them” and “Meditations (10[1])in an Emergency” (10[1])recalls, ■END■

ANSWER: Frank O’Hara
<Darren Petrosino, American Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Tony ChenToronto WearyWaterloo Miku7810
Jared HeWaterloo HatsuneLa Clique du Château8110
Raymond ChenToronto RoflToronto Joy11110
Henry AtkinsLibrary of Babel School of Continuing StudiesMixed-Affiliated Contingency, Off the Team & Absent: Wong, Adrian12010

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2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y6100%33%0%95.67
2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y250%50%50%18.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y3100%33%0%85.67
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%0%0%97.50
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%50%0%92.00
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%122.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y1100%0%0%120.00