AUTOBIOGAPHY OF ROSE
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The autobiography of Rose
is
that she was young. And when
she was young oh yes when she was young she said she had been young
and that
is
quite certain she had been young. Was she regretting that
she had been young so young, was she regretting anything.
If
she was
regretting anything she was not young, how young can you be to be
young. Every time Rose was young she was young. Every time and
every time was every time. And now. Every time
is
every time. And
Rose
is
young. Has Rose an autobiography. Rose has an auto-
~
biography. Has she an autobiography of when she was young. Rose
has an autobiography of when she was young.
A garden and a gardener are two things to Rose.
And then one
thin~
follows another.
A school succeeds a garden.
And a garden succeeds a school.
And later later succeeds a garden.
Later never sounds younger.
Oh no oh dear no
Later never sounds younger.
Older as yet.
There
is
no older and no as yet.
And so there
is
no older as yet.
Therefore older does not follow later. And not as yet.
The Autobiography of Rose.
Outside now there
is
no Rose although in winter yes in winter
often in winter quite as often as in winter there
is
a Rose. And as
autumn does not follow winter, autumn comes first and as spring very
often does not follow autumn winter comes first and as summer very
often comes after what
is
the matter with Rose knowing it most. She
does
know it most. That
is
the autobiography of Rose not that she
knows it the most.
If
she knew the difference between summer and
winter and spring and autumn she would know it at first, which she
most often does and which she much the most often does. Generally
not.
Rose has only one autobiography.
This
is
the autobiography of Rose.
Any little while she does not neglect being taller not older. Any
little while she does not neglect. Being taller. Not older.
The Autobiography of Rose.
Rose. What can she remember. Can she remember Rose. Can
she. I am wondering.
Bilignin par Belley, Ain, October, 1936
To RosE.
When they said if she would be good, she said she would know
all
about it all the same, and all the same she can know all about it. Which is a
,Uasure to her friend,
GERTRUDE STEIN.
