The metaphor of living-room-as-compass is deliciously clever, and the landing stanza about the what-is-ness of having to turn your back on yourself and inhabit such a small slice of this glorious room is profound. I also love "an original the size of a cereal box/that cost two years' worth of Grape-Nuts" and "mountains collapsed into my …
The metaphor of living-room-as-compass is deliciously clever, and the landing stanza about the what-is-ness of having to turn your back on yourself and inhabit such a small slice of this glorious room is profound. I also love "an original the size of a cereal box/that cost two years' worth of Grape-Nuts" and "mountains collapsed into my phone/then blown back up and framed" (technology is incredible, truly).
The metaphor of living-room-as-compass is deliciously clever, and the landing stanza about the what-is-ness of having to turn your back on yourself and inhabit such a small slice of this glorious room is profound. I also love "an original the size of a cereal box/that cost two years' worth of Grape-Nuts" and "mountains collapsed into my phone/then blown back up and framed" (technology is incredible, truly).