I guess it’s not helpful to just post that I loved this one. But I did, so I’ll try to write a little more.
It was a slow burn, first pass was quick. I went back through it a few times getting more detail out of each repetition. The text formatting with no line breaks was a wonderful choice. Dealing with loss, impermanence, and the encroachment of universal truths. All of this either so overwhelming or inescapable that it’s immune to modern distraction based coping mechanisms. Or that they’ve become such a crutch we don’t know how else to manage them. Love how the title is just a nudge of meaning, a lever to my own interpretation that like the rest sinks in as you spend time with it.
I guess it’s not helpful to just post that I loved this one. But I did, so I’ll try to write a little more.
It was a slow burn, first pass was quick. I went back through it a few times getting more detail out of each repetition. The text formatting with no line breaks was a wonderful choice. Dealing with loss, impermanence, and the encroachment of universal truths. All of this either so overwhelming or inescapable that it’s immune to modern distraction based coping mechanisms. Or that they’ve become such a crutch we don’t know how else to manage them. Love how the title is just a nudge of meaning, a lever to my own interpretation that like the rest sinks in as you spend time with it.
Just great stuff. Thanks.
I’m so glad you like! I discovered this poet in an anthology and I felt very similar to you.