Reading notes
A way further in
Not the final meaning. Just a closer read, a better question, and a few nearby poems worth opening next.
Pay attention to the shift in the middle. That is often where the poem chooses who it is becoming.
Opening line
Where the door opens.
Only by stripping the partial shrouds
Center line
Where the temperature changes.
With upturned heads
Leaving line
The line to carry out with you.
To taste the rain.
If you came here carrying something
Start here if you are shedding old skin, rebuilding, or trying to become more honest.
Themes in this poem
Good company for the seasons when you can feel your life changing shape under you.
After you read
Stay in the archive a little longer.
If this one stayed with you, keep it. Then either leave a note, keep moving through the archive, or open a random poem.
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Listening room
Hear the poem in one breath.
A studio reading for the archive, voiced with care and restraint.