Thesis 7
dutiful tense arrayed in a nest of bats
Three lines, and almost nothing to hold onto, which is part of the point. The poem gives us a picture that doesn't quite settle: something "dutiful" and "tense" is "arrayed," or neatly lined up, inside "a nest of bats." Bats don't really build nests, so the phrase already feels slightly off, like a…
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