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poem,part 24/7news report,the hypnotic meditationsof This Connection of Everyone withLungs wrap with equal,angular gracearound lovers and battleships.Thesepoems hear the tracer fire in a bird'ssong and capture cell division andtroop deployments in the same expan-sive thought.They move throughconcentric levels of association andembrace—from the space between thehands to the mesosphere and backagain—touching everything along theway.The focus shifts between localand global,public and private,indi-vidual and social.The voice in thisbook uses poetry to embody whattheory can only point to.Everythinggets in:through all five senses,throughwindows,through computer screens,between your sheets,under your skin.  \nthisconnectionofeveryonewithlungs  \n# NEW CALIFORNIA POETRY\n\n\n| EDITED BY   | Robert Hass  \u003Cbr>Calvin Bedient  \u003Cbr>Brenda Hillman  \u003Cbr>Forrest Gander   |\n| --- | --- |\n\nFor,by Carol Snow  \nEnola Gay,by Mark LevineSelected Poems,by Fanny Howe  \nSleeping with the 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