Do not think for a moment that I abandoned
quotidian reality because of despair...
No, despair is not my answer, and never will be -
but despair has haunted me, tripped me when I was
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Whoa! A lot here, friend. First, I acknowledge and affirm the important warning against despair here. Next, as a way of briefly commenting on the so-much here, I’m reminded with your phrase the ancient machinery of the universe of the opening to Ginsberg’s Howl (I think one of the greatest poem openings ever) . This one of yours, Daniel, explores, it seems to me, much the same territory but in a blessedly briefer poem. -Glen
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Whoa! A lot here, friend. First, I acknowledge and affirm the important warning against despair here. Next, as a way of briefly commenting on the so-much here, I’m reminded with your phrase the ancient machinery of the universe of the opening to Ginsberg’s Howl (I think one of the greatest poem openings ever) . This one of yours, Daniel, explores, it seems to me, much the same territory but in a blessedly briefer poem. -Glen