I like the little internal echoes from line to line, such as the way "squat" is a noun when it appears, then takes on the connotation of a verb, and we see the ghost squatting in its room.
The subversion of the abortion debate's terminology for the poem's own purposes is very nice. And the hammer-blow, precise as a ball peen but heavy as a sledge, in the last words is really effective.
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The subversion of the abortion debate's terminology for the poem's own purposes is very nice. And the hammer-blow, precise as a ball peen but heavy as a sledge, in the last words is really effective.
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