Charles Simic Reads Sharon Olds
The New Yorker: Poetry
Personifying the Infinite
The speaker reflects on the concept of infinity as an ultimate abstraction since childhood, recollecting the awe it instilled. They express a desire to personify the infinite, drawing inspiration from primitive cultures that personified gods with human characteristics.
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