A couple of people have commented to me that they felt Self-Portrait as Saint Bartholomew is a dark and disturbing poem. One person asked me if I was contemplating suicide. My answers are (1) no, I am not considering suicide, and (2) it should be dark and disturbing -- its a poem about existing in a world where there is no God. It reallly does feel the way the narrator in the poem describes it.
I realize that there may be a bit of confusion and contraction in the poem. After all, how can someone feel pain and despair about not believing in God when there is no God in which to believe? I really don't have the answer to that question. All I have is the question -- and the pain and despair.
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