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The New Yorker: Poetry cover image

Terrance Hayes reads Matthew Dickman

The New Yorker: Poetry

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The All-Consuming Fire of Life

The imagery of fire is used to symbolize the intense experiences and emotions in life. It depicts a scene with individuals immersed in a world of passion, struggle, and self-destruction. The speaker reflects on personal experiences of burning with desire and intensity, surrounded by a cast of characters living on the edge. Each character is depicted with vivid descriptions, adding depth to the narrative of raw human emotions. The speaker's journey is portrayed as a tumultuous one, marked by drug use, loss of control, and a constant state of burning and yearning. The overall tone evokes a sense of chaos, beauty, and uncertainty, with a powerful undercurrent of movement and change in the world.

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