i was so excited when we got to this part of history in class

because to me it is just one of the richest time periods-

all of it (even in blunt facts) just screams for creativity to be produced from it

and what was really ironic is i was just finishing the book "the good earth" (i /loathed/ that book, btw) when we got to it.

i love how you have relayed it to link the past w/ now, but

in your poem, the thing that caught my eye most dramatically was "seventeen"

it just seems too statistical (and old).

and "telegraphs"

gorgeous, gorgeous poem, though.

-ty.