[Newspoetry] U.S. poet laureate invokes troubling metaphor

[gillespie william k]

How could America lose its virginity? It's been fucking the rest of the
world for decades.

W

On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Joe Futrelle wrote:

> NPR asked the U.S.'s poet laureate for some thoughts.  He described
> today's events as America "losing its virginity", so to speak.
>
> ... aren't there some better metaphors we could use?
>
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