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Question: Where can I find Don Marquis' Archy poem, Takes Talent!?
I read this poem when I was younger and would love to read it again for free only!. Do you know where I can find it!? Do you know it by heart!? Please type it below!. Thank you!Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
I don't think it's online, but Don Marquis has written several Archy books!. If you want to read it for free, I'd try looking for any of Marquis' books at your local library, or in poetry anthologies!.

Sorry I don't have it memorized!. But it shouldn't be too difficult to find!.

Found it!

Takes Talent
by Don Marquis

there are two
kinds of human
beings in the world
so my observation
has told me
namely and to wit
as follows
firstly
those who
even though they
were to reveal
the secret of the universe
to you would fail
to impress you
with any sense
of the importance
of the news
and secondly
those who could
communicate to you
that they had
just purchased
ten cents worth
of paper napkins
and make you
thrill and vibrate
with the intelligence
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