
Touch, Love, Then Explain: A discussion of “Some Trees” by John Ashbery
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The Ontology Outside Is a Place of Possibility
There is something there that where the verse reads that they're merely being there means something. It's as if that location is ontologically significant, not just to the tree, but to the two who find themselves in front of the trees. That is about nature, because it's also like, you know, do trees, is he signifying on trees? Is he talking about what is natural and what is natural in this context?"
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