The Endarkenment

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The Endarkenment Pitt Poetry Series Ed Ochester, Editor THE ENDARKENMENT jeffrey mcdaniel U n i v E r S i T y o f P i T T S b U r g h P r E S S Published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15260 Copyright © 2008, Jeffrey McDaniel All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Printed on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN 13: 978-0-8229-5995-3 ISBN 10: 0-8229-5995-X Title page art: Bill Adams, One Eye, ballpoint pen on paper, 2003 for Christine Caballero, the undarkener of my spirit en-dark-en-ment (in-där-ken-ment) noun 1. the act or a means of endarkening 2. the state of being endarkened 3. capitalized: an American anti-intellectual movement of the 21st century (known as the Age of Endarkenment), that emphasized the use of illogic to scrutinize previously accepted traditions and doctrines and that brought about many humanitarian disasters 4. a cursed state in which the individual is handcuffed to desire and henceforth suffering and attains transcendental misery e e ...