Just Let Me Say This about That: A Narrative Poem (Sewanee Writers' Series)
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ISBN: 0879519029 / Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, August 1998
A philosophical poem confronts the closing of the twentieth century as three journalists--Bird, Fox, and Fish--ask questions as a press conference hosted by someone who is either God, the President of the United States, or everybody's father
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John Bricuth's hilarious and lyrical narrative poem takes the form of a press conference, hosted by "Sir," who is either God, the President of the United States, everybody's father, or a combination of the three - someone (either sage or psychoanalyst) to whom one takes one's problems or refers one's queries "as to one who knows." The questioners are three journalists, Bird, Fox, and Fish. They start by asking what seem to be political questions but end by asking for no less than the value and meaning of life.
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