6/28/2023 0 Comments Ross gay gratitude![]() ![]() He knows how we’re curled up on a couch, cozy under a blanket, flipping through. Secondly, he totally gets what this whole reading thing is all about. Swoooooon! First off, while writers who break the fourth wall usually aren’t my bag, this is totally my bag because he’s already reeled me in with his thankfulness. Here’s a light blanket… / I can’t stop / my gratitude, which includes, dear readers, / you, for staying here with me.” ![]() And thanks / for the corduroy couch I have put you on. A few stanzas later, he says, “And thank you, too. In the title poem towards the end, “catalog of unabashed gratitude,” he starts out by addressing “Friends” and it seems, at this point, that we are all his friends. This definitely makes me take a pause moment to moment to be thankful. ![]() Everyday movements, quite moments, elements of life we take for granted all find a place to shine here. ![]()
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