In Matthew Freeman's latest collection, I Think I'd Rather Roar, there is a short poem that is key to his poetic process. "The Reason for My Emptiness" says that someone broke into his room, handled his favorite artifacts, "and then they put everything back perfectly." His familiar artifacts are the ones that he uses here and throughout his sparkling poetic career. The epigraph to this assemblage comes from Jonas 1:8 whereby lot Jonas is discovered...
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