Absolutely loved this. I felt it viscerally, a knot of apprehension in the gut, tightening with each line…
I tend to think and process things very literally, so poetry that’s super abstract or symbolic often goes over my head and I don’t get it. I appreciate a piece like this because it's like being hit in the boxing ring. The question isn’t “Did you get it?” because there’s no way you could not get it, the question becomes, “Were you left unaffected, dazed, wobbly, or were you knocked out?”
Absolutely loved this. I felt it viscerally, a knot of apprehension in the gut, tightening with each line…
I tend to think and process things very literally, so poetry that’s super abstract or symbolic often goes over my head and I don’t get it. I appreciate a piece like this because it's like being hit in the boxing ring. The question isn’t “Did you get it?” because there’s no way you could not get it, the question becomes, “Were you left unaffected, dazed, wobbly, or were you knocked out?”