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Absolutely Revolting
Poems

The Philosphy Exam by

by Kevin Brophy •
May 2014, no. 361

The Philosphy Exam by

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Now you have seen the elephant and heard
from an ex-student who blogs an elegy
to his lost left leg (his transfemoral amputation),
and a friend (you visit him in emergency)
has misplaced his memory, his lost confirmation –
and doctors talk of a Global Psychogenic Fugue:
write down what this means in 250 words or less

 


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