Status Updates From I Do Know Some Things

I’ve been trained by the novel (and by film!) the expectation of the story being good only once. Because of the idea of the spoiler .. The key experience is (1) to “finish” a book and (2) to experience its story with a fresh mind. I’ve been a really poor reader of poetry forever but these forms really are so readable in a loop. It’s not a spoiler to read the first line after you’ve read the last //

Oh Mr Richard Siken...

have to begrudgingly admit it’s good