I recently read the Nov 2016 interview with him for Hobo magazine, in which Adam mentions a poem by Ron Padgett, called "Nothing in That Drawer," where that phrase is simply repeated 14 times. Go read it. He's got some great thoughts about what the variations introduced into a repeated phrase can do to reveal more layers of nuance, and how he's drawn to repetition.
Clearly I'm a sucker for it too.
The reference photo for this one is a beautiful HQ pic taken by Michael Nadler for the Jan 2020 LA Times photoshoot, with thanks to the
Also on AO3
