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What a weird fucking thing to wake up to. Barnes crafts an incisive and captivating analysis of my delirious poems, drawing on history, philosophy, myth, literature, and linguistics with utter impunity. In other words, Barnes is the true absurdist now. Someone bring him the crown. 👑
Three Poems by Chafic LaRochelle: An Interpretation
BETWEEN ME AND THE GROUND
“Step out my way god” inverts the entire Western devotional tradition in six words. Where the Psalms petition God to step toward (“Draw near to my soul,” Psalm 69:18), Chafic’s speaker tells God to step aside. This is territorial theology. The speaker acknowledges God’s presence …
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