Over the terminal,
the arms and chest
of the god
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Leave it to Mark Doty to find light and sparkle where there is darkness and dirt. His poetic eye is acutely turned on the city in this poem, and he creates a tangible framework for talking about public and private lives.
Mark Doty is loaded with talent and we are the beneficiaries of it- -he enriches our lives. Thank God for poets and novelists!