There is such drama and tension in this poem! It starts off and I think it's going to be a poem about longing and how experience and familiarity inform desire. But then there is a sense of dread when you get to the last few lines. Where I got the impression that she was in a mental hospital and wishing for death/escape. Eep.
It's a well written poem - aside from the topic and tenseness, there is a rhyme scheme that you hardly notice b/c it sounds so natural.
As I write this post, I'm still thinking of what might be the story between the lines of this poem. Chilling.
Favorite line: "the sound / Of water sucking the hollow ledges"
the sound
Of water sucking the hollow ledges
Of water sucking the hollow ledges
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