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    Friday, April 19, 2024

    Was Nobody inspired by Emily Dickinson?

    I am surprised that, given the popularity/notoriety of your cartoon, "Nobody", that somebody hasn't brought up the subject of Emily Dickinson's poem, "Nobody." Well, let me be the one. It goes like this:

    I'm nobody. Who are you?

    Are you nobody too?

    Then there's a pair of us - don't tell!

    They'd banish us you know!

    How dreary to be somebody!

    How public like a frog,

    To tell one's name the livelong day

    To some admiring bog!

    Cheers to all.

    Jean Russell