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What is the meaning of the title and/or sections? Why is it called Spill Simmer Falter Wither? What are your assumptions regarding the title?
Laurabte I think it refers to the 4 seasons: spring, summer, fall, winter. There is a poetic parallel to the words spill (the narrator's life falling apart), s…moreI think it refers to the 4 seasons: spring, summer, fall, winter. There is a poetic parallel to the words spill (the narrator's life falling apart), simmer (warming up to the dog's impact on him), falter (when things start to get messy), and wither (when the narrator recedes from life more and more). Not sure if this is what the author intended, but it gives me a visual framework. (less)
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Spill Simmer Falter Wither
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