From "Paper Tiger Man" - "...now that we've established / that i am not scared / and that you are bored / what do you want / to talk about?" This poem ends on such a humorous, acerbic note it made me laugh - even though the subject matter is very dark, it's a wonderful picture of a child-woman, not even a teenager, but grown up so fast, already weary with years at almost thirteen. That she can bring out this last insolence, and almost pity, for a grown, broken man, carries the weight of years on her young shoulders, is so poignant for anyone who has had to grow up too young. There are so many good lines, but the last one "rings the bell" as they say.
From "Paper Tiger Man" - "...now that we've established / that i am not scared / and that you are bored / what do you want / to talk about?" This poem ends on such a humorous, acerbic note it made me laugh - even though the subject matter is very dark, it's a wonderful picture of a child-woman, not even a teenager, but grown up so fast, already weary with years at almost thirteen. That she can bring out this last insolence, and almost pity, for a grown, broken man, carries the weight of years on her young shoulders, is so poignant for anyone who has had to grow up too young. There are so many good lines, but the last one "rings the bell" as they say.
"flat surfaces couldn’t have broken me so
my pieces floating in all corners of your ocean"
from 'holding water'
I feel this so deeply, I've felt this so often, its put in such a beautiful, heartbreaking way
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