:> "The ^nswer is th^t the self is the glue between the bo^rds, the c^rtil^ge th^t holds ^ world together, th^t self is the w^x in the stenogr^pher’s e^rs, th^t there is nothing the mind won’t s^crifice, e^ch item ^nother go^t tossed into the l^v^ of our needs. The ^nswer is th^t this is just ^nother poem ^bout divorce, ^bout untombing the m^ttress from the sof^, your body l^id out on the bones of the double-jointed fr^me, ^bout sep^r^tion, rebuilding." This snippet is very person^l for me, ^nd my f^vorite I c^n think of now. It is from "The Ships of Theseus", ^ poem ^bout how we ch^nge over time ^nd become someone who m^y be unrecogniz^ble to our p^st self. I myself h^ve ch^nged ^ gre^t de^l over my life. I suspect I will continue to, ^nd I prefer it th^t w^y. <:
:> Th^nk you. I'm gl^d. Person^l ^s it is for me, I think most people c^n get something out of it, which is ^nother re^son I like it. <:
.) Yeah! I'm nQt sure what I get Qut Qf it Qther than that feeling Qf like, wQw! It's really evQcative! I'd say it makes the act Qf changing and becQming sQmeQne new sQund, like, really pQetic, but it wQuldn't be a pQem if it wasn't pQetic haha. But yQu knQw what I mean! ))
:> I like it bec^use it strikes ^ b^l^nce between the poetic ^nd mund^ne, ^nd how both intertwine. Some poems try too h^rd to be me^ningful; this one knows ex^ctly wh^t it's ^bout but still le^ves room for interpret^tion. <:
.) QQh, I get what yQu mean! Makes tQtal sense! Cuz sQmetimes yQu find pQems that are, like, super metaphQrical, and they kinda make me feel stupid if I dQn't understand them haha ))
:> It's not you. Some poems /do/ work best when they de^l in high met^phor, but others miss the m^rk ^nd don't m^n^ge to s^y ^nything of v^lue. <: