And so time isn’t the only distance that collapses. In “When the Levees Break,” some of the distances that exist within this country also disappear. We look in the eyes of the displaced and see the flood threatening to wash away us all. And Dylan’s voice, which has been with us so long we can take it for granted, sounds as if it were coming to us from years ago. Or from tomorrow.
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