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Ghost Cat

This animal spirit symbolizes a human losing memories to the onset of old age and/or dementia.

Passport Photos

These common objects, taken over a series of decades at regular intervals, represent the loss of youth and the difficulty of coming to terms with one's own aging.

Salt

In a Biblical allusion in one poem, this substance represents the tragedy or punishment of looking behind oneself or looking back to the past.

Coconuts

These fruits represent luxury and reward following the war in one poem.

Cicadas

These creatures represent the fleeting nature of life, as well as living by instinct.

Mushrooms

The author cites these entities of the natural world to symbolize foreboding.

The Drone

In one poem, the author uses this object to symbolize the cold bearing of witness to the destruction of the natural world.

The Murdered Sisters

These characters represent people who died...

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