Then I look into my eyes.Ĭan I guess what I am thinking? Can I tell you what it is?įor those curious about my scansion: lines 5,8,9,10, & 12 are the lines that ‘tease’ the approach to the final iambic pentameter in line 14. I imagine that I’ve just receivedĪ large and upsetting piece of news.
I try to get my mind around the sight of myself. I’ve walked back and forthĭoing little kicks and making faces. I’ve pulled my shorts up high like a thong. You don’t know what I’ve done in front of the mirror. It’s truly exciting, and what more would anyone ask?įor a rare and beautiful egg to present itself in the grass?įor sex with the liquor store owner to progress into something meaningful? She screams that her children are kidnapped.
Next door, the house has gone up in flames.Ī woman runs from the burning wreck, her face smeared THE INTENDED TWEET THREAD THAT WASN’T FULLY POSTEDįor those who asked about iambic pentameters in the poem by Arda Collins, here is my scansion, and the discussion is in a tweet thread below. Contemporary poems about chaos often do this. AF: How did I know that this poem would end in an iambic pentameter? As I was reading it, I knew that it would, I felt the pressure mounting, and sure enough it did.
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