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Forever: Poems by James Longenbach

madelynelizondo's review

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3.0

This Little Island, page 3 was my favorite piece of this book. It details growing old and the fears that accompany this inescapable fate. Like a city and the buildings that it is composed of, you grow old and the elements of your body decay. You believe this to be ugly and horrifying, when in reality it is all relative to perspective, just as the beauty within the decaying buildings is relative to those who view it.
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