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Annotated by:
- Duffin, Jacalyn
- Date of entry: Apr-24-2006
Summary
A woman begins the morning by assessing her mother's mood through her reaction to breakfast toast. They are off to visit her father who has dementia and no memory of his past as a war hero, or of his present as husband and parent. Yet a fleeting smile suggests that, on some level, unbeknownst to him and inaccessible to them, remain shreds of the same person.
Miscellaneous
The poem is on pages 21-27, in the section, "The Glass Essay."
Primary Source
Glass Irony and God
Publisher
New Directions
Place Published
New York
Edition
1995
Page Count
7
Commentary