The Tortoise of History

From “Art History”:
Someone comes alonggives that tedious old thinga new twist orbreaks its neck
the old questionsdon't change:
what do you want me to say?what do you want me to do?
Anselm Hollo (1934–2013) authored more than forty books and was an award-winning translator. Born in Helsinki, Finland, he was fluent in German, Swedish, Finnish, and English by age ten. Hollo eventually settled in the United States in 1966, where he taught at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado.