The Garden In Reverse He bit her from the other room unaware of what he'd done He found her lying there the drops of blood two unassuming tears like rubies at her neck He put his mouth to hers and tried to kiss away the pain when, with a snake's unexpected grace she opened up her mouth and poured the poison out, as though it were no more than a mouthful of words she wished she hadn't heard |
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There was a boy who was often angry. After one intense incident his father sat him down and said 'Son, next time you're angry I want you to take a hammer and as many nails as you can carry and pound them into the fence until you're anger is gone.' The boy didn't understand, but he trusted his father. The next time he was angry he grabbed the hammer and a handful of nail and he beat them into the fence until his anger receded. He went to his father and said, 'Dad you were right, that sure helped me get rid of all my anger.' The father replied, 'Son, I want you to go pull all of those nails out of the fence and come tell me when you're done.' The boy didn't understand, but he trusted his father and pulled every single nail out of the fence, then went to get his father. The father took the son back to the fence and showed him the holes he had made, 'The nails can be removed,' he said 'but the holes will always remain.'
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easily the best thing i've read from you. perfect. bravo.
I liked the title, it shows more than it tells.
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"I've taken enough walks alone
to know how real nothing is."
~dystopian-dream-girl
it does hit. like the exchange that occurred in this poem.... you condensed that hurt into three flawless stanza's...
your metaphore is the most fluid, some of the deepest i have known.
+fav.
Have you ever read any John Banville? My favorite contemporary author (tied with Dave Eggers). Anyway. He wrote this book, Athena, and the emotion in it reminded me of the emotion in this peice. Read it if you have time. That's an order.
--bm
+fav
Nonetheless.
I was a little confused about the ultimate destination of the poison. Is the end reconciliation, or perpetuation?
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Seek and ye shall find.
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