I have known the eyes already, known them all-- The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase, And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin, When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall, Then how should I begin To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?
--From The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot, Monica Lewinsky's favorite poem
If Monica Lewinsky had begun to feel fixed and formulated by the eyes of the public, the prosecutors and the media, last week was her chance to change the formula. It was an elaborate...
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