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The Black Bird concerns itself not with the baring of a soul but with
the stripping down of a life. It begins with the most remote extension
of the human soul, one’s public image. It begins with the mythic image
of Humphrey Bogart. Bogart as a celebrity. Skin after skin is stripped
away. Bogart as the character Sam Spade. Bogart as an actor. Bogart as a
son and husband. Bogart as a man. The soul of Bogart. Until we reached
beyond death to a final unravelling back to Bogart as a boy. A boyhood
steeped in mythic reality. Originally published in 1982 by The
Porcupine’s Quill. Finalist in the 2004 Eppie Awards for Poetry.
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