I think this is a wonderful thing. It has that river-like current that sweeps you to somewhere truly unexpected and alien. The lines are jagged, but they are part of the current, it is that lineated quality that sweeps you off your feet, from one stepping-stone line-end to another, until the shore is far behind you. The opening has a piercing power. I think you have exercised this form many times: it is not a movement to somewhere new, some new form, but it is a glorious part of the holding pattern. One for your "Selected Poems".
Hope this helps.
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