Drinking Windex Poisons Your Daughter
An Inverse Poem
Photo by Jilbert Ebrahimi on Unsplash
after you
break the only window, chasing
big city productions, I
live
where your grand yearning played
in the vacant theater
----
my face
has been superimposed over
a matronly mahogany that
can't get smudge-free without the hint of
"mommy"
About the Creator
A. Lenae
I'm learning how to find the heart and describe it, often using metaphors. Thanks for reading.
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Comments (18)
well written, filled with talent
Oh I am calling it now, A, this will place. Holy moly. I can't get enough of this one! Your brilliance shines in the unique cadence you chose over the more common approach to this challenge. No ambiguous statements, rather, enjambed phrases that read differently backwards than forwards. Just amazing. I think my favorite is: "I | break the only window | chasing after you." Incredible, small moment that you chose, and how it grew upon both readings! 💜
From the title to the poem to the inverse, this has brilliance written all over it! Way to shine, Lenae! 💖
Your stat is challenging your story is so beautiful you write like this you will be a great writer I wish and yes one more thing please open my vocal id and a story come later
Congrats on Top Story!!
Congrats on the Top Story! Beautiful poem!
Very well-written with few words. Congrats on top story!
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Congrats on top story!
This just gutted me. Thank you so much for writing and sharing this - this was expertly and magnificently done, yet heartbreaking to read. Just beautiful.❤️
Your vision is so unique and evocative. We can never really escape from--or live up to--the influence of our parentage.
Excellent effort! Keep up the superb work—congrats!s
Wow. This is hauntingly beautiful. Congrats on the TS.
This is a work of art, A. Lenae! Beautifully done!
Amazing inverse!! Very well done!
Breathtaking, A. Bravo!
Impressive... 🪟
Oh wow, this had two very distinct meanings! It read so well both ways! You nailed this challenge!