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I believe I found "Lifting

Submitted by ssherman on Mon, 12/15/2008 - 11:50pm.

I believe I found "Lifting Belly" frustrating because I could not understand it.  Not understanding the words and how the poem was constructed made it very difficult to get through and made me not want to deal with it. 

On the other hand, The Book of Salt seemed to bring me back to when I used to read novels and would create pictures in my head.  I understood what was going on, I felt like I even understood GertrudeStein, which was ironic as I couldn't understand her poetry.

I think that Binh doesn't feel understood by anyone and is very frustrated by it.  And he can't release that frustration it seems.  But maybe it is released when he cuts his fingers.

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