Memory's Handgrenade
Lux, Thomas1500 USD
Date
1972
Category
Poetry
Description
"Memory's Handgrenade." First edition with a humorous handwritten letter from Thomas Lux to the poet Robert Bly (American, 1926–2021). The first page was inscribed by Lux to Bly, as well. Bly kept the letter folded inside the book. The letter is addressed to "Dear Footnote...". There is some wear and loss to the top of the dust jacket.
Excerpt
Tonight I'm sleeping on the roof because
each night
when I sleep in bed,
I inevitably fall out of it.
The bed is only 2 feet
from the floor. . . .
I'm sleeping near the edge
of the roof.
It's a test of my subconscious, that blind
swimmer with a candle
in his mouth.
If I fall off, it may be possible,
for the first time,
to measure the speed of sleep,
how fast and how deep we fall.
If I don't: this
is where I'll sleep every night.
I think I'll feel comfortable,
for which one of us has never fallen
a thousand feet, or more,
asleep?
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