People
flesh covers the bone and the flesh searches for more than flesh.
— Charles Bukowski · Alone With Everybody
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Flesh wraps the skeleton, yet the poem says flesh keeps reaching for something beyond itself. The body is the visible frame of a person, but desire and longing push past physical existence toward something the body alone cannot supply. The tone is spare, wistful and quietly restless.
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