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Originally Posted by kennyc
I've had Sharon Old's latest book of poetry in my to-read pile for a week or so now....just picked it up and randomly flipped to page 36 and was blown away by the first two lines of this poem:
Freezer
When I think of people who kill and eat people,
I think of how lonely my mother was.
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killer Sharon Olds! Wow!
Excerpts of the book including this poem are available on google books here:
http://books.google.com/books?id=V9U...page&q&f=false
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Interesting it says "no preview" ...
Those two lines are rather disturbing, and out of context make it difficult for me to relate to exactly what she means .... mmmm