Before I write my poem for today's prompt of what scares me most, I just want to say that I think it's interesting that today I also received an email from my professor letting my classmates and I know that a horror and fantasy magazine, Niteblade, is in need for submissions. I'll have to face my fear and submit it, too.
Getting Used To This
I'm scared that the work I do now
will mean nothing tomorrow.
The truth is, reality won't hover
like rain buttoned up to the neck.
In a parking lot in Squirrel Hill, there's a wall:
it says "the wall" in white spray paint.
Is that it? Nothing for all this?
Sometimes I feel like the cat who kneads,
never learned to leave the litter,
so with the unlocking of my fevered lips,
I speak like wet fire: truthfully, softly harsh.
Beyond all of this, I fear
you will leave me soggy and wanting
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I like this poem. I think it would be stronger without the first stanza, because it's in the second stanza you start getting into the meat.
ReplyDeleteI love the way each stanza is somewhat disconnected and unrelated but actually quite significant to each other. The specifications of this poem are great too - the parking lot in Squirrel Hill especially. Great ending too!
ReplyDeleteIn a parking lot in Squirrel Hill, there's a wall:
ReplyDeleteit says "the wall" in white spray paint.
...wonderful.
I feel like a proud mama :)