Matthew Olzmann Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem
b'In this love poem, Matthew Olzmann writes about his wife \\u2014 the poet Vievee Francis whose poem for Matthew was featured in the previous episode \\u2014 and the reasons why their marriage might work: her courage, her tenacity, her quirks, her multiplicities. He recounts instances of her generosity and lands on a story of how, when she was down to her \\u201clast damn dime,\\u201d she still bought a bottle of Mountain Dew for him, because she knew he loved it. This is a cinematic and musical poem, making exquisite use of a particular object: a bottle of soda, holding fizz in it, and symbolizing more love than it could contain.'