—John Berryman, “Dream Song 29
The poem is a glimpse into the mind of a terribly troubled man named Henry. He seems to be wracked with an inexorable sense of guilt and anxiety. Henry thinks he's committed murder, but he keeps desperately trying to recollect his memory and check over everyone in his life, and he always comes to with the same conclusion: he didn't actually kill anybody. But the cycle always starts again, and he can't escape this terrible feeling that he did.
