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Punchline
by Jesse ChapmanOne more promise,
slick as a shank
tucked into some false
patch on your pants.
It’s a harmless prank, really:
the slow pressure it requires to pry
out some small strand
of hope on that thin little blade,
then to inch it unmovingly over
and secure an entire limb.
It’s a discretion worth loving you,
really, to saw it off slow--
or at least I still
find myself doing so,
despite the pain I’m in. 01/05/2010 Posted on 01/05/2010
Copyright © 2010 Jesse Chapman
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Michael Smith on 01/06/10 at 12:31 AM Intriguing write, Jesse. Great imagery, and clever, to boot. |
| Posted by Olivia Martin on 01/06/10 at 06:46 AM Simple yet majestic. Amazing visuals and language craft here; well done! |
| Posted by Genevieve Sturrock on 01/06/10 at 11:27 AM oh my...you must know my ex-...ever the butt of his infamous wit. it's amazing how just a few well places lines can shrivel ones self esteem. excellent metaphor...very well developed! |
| Posted by William Brunk on 01/06/10 at 06:47 PM fantastic jesse...picture painted quite vividly. |
| Posted by Steven Kenworthy on 01/28/10 at 08:24 PM smart, sharp, witty, punchy, biting, bitter, hungry, starving, vixen. |
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