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Although a close reading often will (should) convey a story that is grounded in experience, I am always quick to apply my own interpretation and often gravitate towards any resemblance to current events, etc.
This poem drew me immediately in for the latter reason. It provides just the right tone and milieu to be something of an allegory for the times we live in. It is indeed a Holy Show.
I like what Julie picked up on with the progression of the punctuation that follows each of the "What a Holy Show"'s. It really does progressively ratchet down each stanza.
I like it, too, for its relentless cadence and slog of dark emotion. I can almost hear something in the background; I don't know what. It could be ambient sounds. And it has a smell to it, too, I think. It could very well be a narrative script for a short three-scene vignette across a large, dark stage in three distinct pools of light. You've got me going...
A visceral read.
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