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Unread 09-29-2005, 02:57 PM
Janet Kenny Janet Kenny is offline
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I read the poem as a howl of grief. Lucifer protesting against mortality. A young man's rage against the ending of life. I don't think it's a matter of wishing his father a painful death. I think the poet is experiencing the pain.


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