This poem had a lot of imagery in it. The man compared a lot of random things with a different meaning. It talks about things like a big sky river and crickets who plug in their appliances. There is no river in the sky and crickets can't plug in appliances. So this poem is not very realistic, but it gives off a sense of the different views that people can have about the world. Imagination can make a simple action seem like an adventure.
I feel that the man who is writing this is drunk. He talks about drinking jet fuel, but I don't think any person would want to drink jet fuel for fun. I think that the man likes to drink alcohol because it helps him escape from the problems of life. He seems to enter another world created by his imagination. In his own world, he can make anything that he wants to encounter actually happen.
When he talks about remembering the bright unbroken planet, I think that he is finally realizing that he has to get back to reality. The alcohol cannot take away from the reality of the world that he is living in. He says that he is amazed at how hurt he is, and I think that he is talking about the obstacles that life can throw at you. It seems like the author is realizing that he wants to feel like he is free, but the only way that he can gain that feeling is to drink and not return to the reality of his life.
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good first post. When quoting the poem, write, "Hoagland writes [quote the line here]" instead of writing "He talks about..." followed by a general description of the line. Reread your post and look for spots where you wrote, "He talks about" and next time rephrase them. Keep up the good work1
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