Do the Monkey

So we arrive at a consideration of death, time, the body, signification and patriotism, guided light-heatedly by one who has been there and back. “Before the mind catches up/the body’s been and gone” serves as the epigraph of the book and is part of “THE BODY IS SOFT.” We are reminded by this passage of how life actually works, as well as of how we think and speak about it. For the reader, in each reading, the book becomes that moment when things and language fall together with oneself. It is a great dance.---Laura Moriarty