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726 Jonathan Greene “The Album” Although not a native Kentuckian, Jonathan Greene has contributed significantly to Kentucky’s literature as a poet and as a publisher. His Gnomon Press, based in Frankfort, has published poetry and prose by some of Kentucky’s best-known authors . His poem about a family photograph album for sale at an auction focuses on the brevity of life and identity. h In the wedding pictures it’s so clear no one knows what’s happening. There is a levity & a hidden gravity, both unreal. And plenty of food in the background. It is wonderful to be foolish & rash. Otherwise, great things would be left undone. And yet few can survive it. Frayed, dust-covered, left in the empty house whose walls blotted dark recriminations, echoes of voices breaking, going hoarse. Who will bid on this dreambox, will unknowingly inherit this album full of strangers smiling nakedly into oblivion. ...

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