enough

senoritaburrito's picture
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is enough.  got to get away.  I escape

long enough to breathe.  strap on big

feet, clawed feet, a metal Yeti.  diminish

& shield myself with everything I can find.

 

take the dog.  now, out here, I feel like I’m

missing something.  what am I missing?

I’ve remembered there will be no color here

and expect black & white.  expect the darting

 

gashes in the snow left by weasels, rabbits, foxes.

dog is crazy with this.  I remembered gloves.

snow, when I fall in it, is ice fingers, a fist, 

on my back.  I’ve learned a valuable lesson.

 

snowshoes don’t have reverse & rarely 

does the iron sky satisfy me.  

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I'll satisfy you

with an iron tongue. 

This is weak.  You know it is.  If you'd taken this more than half seriously you'd have more than half succeeded.

That is all.

it took two reads for me to

Aloria's picture
it took two reads for me to realize that this was a walk through the snow with your dog.
I think... this could have been slightly better. Maybe a bit more clear and less frantic. The way the phrases are now, it seems like you're running away from something, frightened, rather than exasperated with being inside.

Snow shoes

Joe Styles's picture
I think you may have run out of your snow shoes here. I get that you were agitated by something that happened just at the begining or before of the poem but without this thing to anchor your words it seems like angst for the sake of angst. The exact nature of what precipitaed this running away is not so important as pinning it down with a line or two. "The cabin closed in with the voices of those to familliar." "Enough!... You see what  am driving at, My line defines a beginning.

I did like the punctuation and caps in you first line it lends a sense of agitation to the seen a hurry up lets go. I Know you can do better with this thought and I hope you do.

I'm a sucker for poems about

AdmiralBuckles's picture
I'm a sucker for poems about escapist journeys. I like the bullet point style of the piece. The imagery is good. I like the last two lines, but  "I've learned a valuble lesson." doesn't seem to fit. It feels like too complete of a thought as compared to the rest of the poem.

I understand that this poem

Lady Stardust's picture
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I understand that this poem is about escapism but I agree that it feels too rushed.

It seems to me like it was impulsively written and as a result it seems unorganised and slightly disjointed.

I do however like the structure and punctuation but  I feel that as a whole it lacks depth.

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