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Article: Again the soul. (poem)
- Article from:
- The American Poetry Review
- Article date:
- November 1, 1996
- Author:
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Again the soul's too big on me hanging down like a giant piece of clothing like clothes the soul reaches my feet down to my shoes a giant like a father's clothing on a little girl the soul hangs down large clothes flowing like a soul on consciousness like a giant soul on a child's consciousness consciousness hangs like consciousness larger than human measures descending on a soul a huge suit shoes inside without sexual marking a girl inside this whole big thing without answer again everything's big on me everything's too big on me like clothes of someone whose clothes hang like a giant consciousness without sexual markings for a girl a father's clothes fit without secondary ...