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Stop-start

by Karzkin


I often catch people
staring through my hands or feet
or through my side
or straight through my chest.
I feel my blood trying to burst
out of my throat or punch through
my ribs or escape past my shoulder-blades.
 
I wouldn't really mind letting it go (I rarely need it anymore),
but the problem is that when I break I tend to shatter.
 
I sometimes go to a nightclub
because it's the only place I know that's dark
enough that people see past me rather
than look through me,
and loud enough that I'm able to hear my thoughts
 
but you can't.
 
I met an old enemy last time,
but men made of glass shouldn't start fist-fights.


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Tue Jun 26, 2012 5:03 am
esoteric wrote a review...



A good play on "men made of glass."
But the title "Stop-start" confused me as to how it's related... ?

One of my favorite lines:
"when I break I tend to shatter"
because, once again, it plays off of your "men made of glass" ending.

Like monster mentioned, I too enjoy stanzas with equal number of lines but
*shrug* it's up to you I guess.

When you talk about people staring through you,
how does that relate to your blood trying to "burst through"
What emotion is there? Anger?

I like the ending.

"I met an old enemy last time,
but men made of glass shouldn't start fist-fights"

I didn't understand it at first, but then I got it.
And it was cool.




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Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:18 pm
monsterwriter wrote a review...



Little Monster here to review!
I did not understand this poem.
Isn't it morals that if you need to separate a poem then you should put it in stanzas with the same number of lines for each stanza? It makes the poem easier to read and understand.

I sometimes go to a nightclub
because it's the only place I know that's dark
enough that people see past me rather
than look through me,
and loud enough that I'm able to hear my thoughts

but you can't.

Why is there a space between "and loud enough that I'm able to hear my thoughts" and "but you can't"??

There is no punctuation at the end of thoughts, that means that the sentence is continuing. If the sentence is continuing then there is no need for that huge block of space!
What it should be:
I sometimes go to a nightclub
because it's the only place I know that's dark
enough that people see past me rather
than look through me,
and loud enough that I'm able to hear my thoughts,
but you can't.


Notice how easier to read.
My favourite line:
but the problem is that when I break I tend to shatter.


That line was just perfect even though it was ironic.
But I did not experience smooth reading when I read that line, maybe you should consider removing the that and inserting a comma. It would help!

Good luck on your journey, I hope my short review helped.

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Paws Up! Little Monster.





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