From 47e9ee5dd849551a0ff7b59973b1cd9b7c94c67d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Madison Scott-Clary Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2020 23:35:03 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update from sparkleup --- writing/poetry/misc.md | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) diff --git a/writing/poetry/misc.md b/writing/poetry/misc.md index abfca2a2..8a69e01d 100644 --- a/writing/poetry/misc.md +++ b/writing/poetry/misc.md @@ -454,3 +454,40 @@ Should we forget the names of the dead? Should we forget the wheat, the rye, the tree? Perhaps this, too, is meaningless. ''' + +----- + +## A serif guides the eye + +''' +A serif guides the eye +to an arrow in my heart. +It is, at some level, important +that you see such a thing, + +and by seeing: believe --- +and by believing: understand --- +and by understanding: feel --- +and by feeling: communicate. + +With the words inscribed +along each of my ribs, +a serif guides the eye +to an arrow in my heart. +''' + +----- + +## Secondhand embarrassment + +''' +At what point + does embarrassment + become secondhand? +Do I pass it off + to you by hand + when I cringe? +Do I take it back + from you by force + when I laugh? +'''