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Bringing the Shovel Down
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Playing similarly between seemingly disparate contexts is Ross Gay's "Love, You Got Me Good," from Bringing the Shovel Down. On the surface, the poem reads as an address to a wicked lover, someone the speaker can't pull away from, despite all the signs:
When I think of you
I see fire. When I dream of you
I hear footsteps on bones. When I see you
I can feel the... more—Tracy K. Smith
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Love, You Got Me Good
December 29, 2011 "Love, You Got Me Good" from Bringing the Shovel Down by Ross Gay
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