(As an aside, you'll find his latest book
To be quite uneventful. Mostly, you
Can read the ToC and index, look
Inside the dust-jacket, or pilfer through
The images. The photo on the back-
-flap -- black-and-white, a tie, an urgent beard
And glasses -- isn't him; on seeing the lack,
His publicist insisted, volunteered
A shot, and wrote the blurb: "...the author was
A superhero or a beggar who
Woke up one day to middle-aged applause.
Let's go study in Vladivostok, woo
Young mothers and their grown-up daughters, and
Return, he said; at least they'd understand.")
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