What might the rosebush in Chapter One symbolize?

the maximum speed limit is 55 mph on a two-lane undivided highway and for vehicles towing trailers.

they both lost a woman they loved named lenore

they believed they interracted with a talking raven

they became orphaned at a young age.

each morning i wrote my name

on the dusty cabinet, then crossed

the dining table in script, scrawled

in capitals on the backs of chairs,

practicing signatures like scales

while mother followed squirting

linseed from a burping can

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