Wow! I love this poem, especially the volta. "Sweat bleeding/into the armpits of your crisp blue shirt" is such an arresting line and the breaking of the fourth wall is breathtaking - had never thought of the pain of grief in that way before - facing the audience and speaking "truth itself... weeping to be heard". Shattering, beautifully done - the power of poetry to help you see something like you've never seen it before. Wish I'd written it (and there's no higher praise than that!)
Wow! I love this poem, especially the volta. "Sweat bleeding/into the armpits of your crisp blue shirt" is such an arresting line and the breaking of the fourth wall is breathtaking - had never thought of the pain of grief in that way before - facing the audience and speaking "truth itself... weeping to be heard". Shattering, beautifully done - the power of poetry to help you see something like you've never seen it before. Wish I'd written it (and there's no higher praise than that!)