women, dust, life’s detours
I let
shame run rampant (justin
bieber
hasn’t got a chance) no
one
knew I had a child (a judge
in
florida) more a rumor than a
fact
(excuse me, judge) I didn’t
have
my baby (for may fifteenth)
the
time of facebook (driving
while
intoxicated) I released her
from
her shame (that’s cinco
de
mayo) thirty five years is
too
long (roll over) we don’t
operate
in forgiveness (I’m not
doing
this again) they’re more
than
enough (to get flat)
Source
Cowen,
Diane. Jakes Helps Women Navigate Life’s Detours. Houston Chronicle. 21 Apr. 2014. D1, D2.
Dustin.
Houston Chronicle. 21 Apr. D8.
Garfield.
Houston Chronicle. 21 Apr. D7
Note:
This
is an intermingling of quotes from hes and shes. All the quotes from women are
taken from the same article. The male quotes are taken from two comic strips
from the same section of the newspaper. I did some erasures to smooth out and
the conversation spilled from line to line. I quite enjoyed this process.
Here
is the prompt I was responding to:
Craft a conversation poem using “he
said/she said” quotes that you find in newspaper articles.
2 comments:
Nice, the way you made the conversation a series of asides.
Thanks! It felt a little like that stage of play where kids are in parallel to each other but don't fully respond. I think couples often fall into that rut too. There did seem to be some very loose linkages, as if they were subconsciously influencing each other.
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