Just read a poem that arrived in my inbox, by Brandon Som. I struggled to follow many of the lines, as some were in languages other than English and, much to my shame, I am not even bilingual, let alone multilingual! Nonetheless, the following two lines stuck! Perhaps in the same way that a saw,…
Tag: torture
Lament of the Cheerio
Watch me drop on the floor. Go on, carry on just sitting there – looking at me. I suppose you’ll tread on me later and not even notice my saturated remains being subjected to further torture when squished into the carpet by your husband’s heel. I’m…
