Intro to Lit: Dramatic Irony
We get sick ya-yas on the couch
from knowing more than the characters
do: she's your mother, sicko! You're
about to murder your own father!
Next morning, it's you in the draft.
And maybe you see something
you weren't supposed to see,
and it knocks you down with the force
of an aria. The soprano game-changer.
A line of thread in Tyche's blouse.
And you know right off it's the truth
because lies feels differently rolling
around in your guts. The truth
stabs like a giant bull-nettle, a teeny
tiny cipher popping all your balloons
faster than you can air up new ones.
And we still listen to her sing
because it's the only voice singing.
Good poem. Yep, that's scary.
ReplyDelete"..and you know right off its the truth..." now thaz a great line... glad i found yr blog.... wonderful poetry and sapho is ageless.... her writing has always intrigued me... in posse
ReplyDeleteStill working out the allusions. Tyche was new to me, and I thank you for the introduction. I do like that third section
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