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This book-length elegy recounts the brief yet turbulent life of the poet's adopted son, Gabriel, from his infancy to his sudden, tragic death at age 22. A brilliant but rambunctious child given to severe mood swings, Gabriel was beset by a cluster of developmental disorders ("He had reasons why/ Reason disobeyed him") and consequently fell victim to self-destructive behaviors, medications, and a parade of therapists an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More