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Vertigo
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W I L L W E L L S Vertigo Like a shadow, overshadowed, I give myself to the greater dark: the swish of cars on wet streets, the long train passing, the voices through the wall. As a boy I spun in a tractor tire hung deep in the woods, and reeled home drunk on gravity. Drawn out, drawn down, I knew at last what drove my mother outdoors on blizzard nights to sing to any friend or stranger on the road. That’s how she traveled, closing her eyes, as I do mine, turning in all directions. The 1970s ❚ 61 ...