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Molly Twomey — The Drop Off

Poetry Unbound

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Tell Me to Take Your Good Umbrella

The Drop-Off by Molly Toomey is about a father and his daughter. The poem has an object that bears the emotional weight of the poem, says Tumi. We speak to each other through gesture as people, she says. "One of the tasks of love is to find a way to be with each other in tense silence"

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