The poet is talking about a woman that just left him and curses essentially the world and all theses things in it that probably make him think about her. When he says, "come back and everywhere in the world is bare," this parallels to the reading "Old Boys, Old Girls" by Jones and the idea that when prisoners come back into society, they feel lost within the world and in their humanity. The world outside of prison isn't theirs anymore and their world is turned upside down. This resonates with Knights poem because he too imprisoned by his despair and has lost his soul by losing her, like the prisoners lose their soul in prison, suffering harsh realities when getting out. The poet is being thrown into a sort of imprisonment where now he is turned upside down, cursing the world whereas the prisoner in Knights story is being freed but suffering in the same way. Both theses characters are in a state of feeling "fucked up" and are anxiously wanting what used to be theirs back in order for their "souls to sing once again."
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