This is the best thing to happen today and it’s still early, so poetry on this snowy Tuesday better step it up. I came relatively late to the work of Billy Collins, despite the fact that so many people had ordered me to read his stuff. So yes. Here’s a video of his poem Forgetfulness, animated.
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