Swallowing Fractions to Fill the Hole

Wow what a great poem you write beautifully thank you for sharing

Thank you for reading, and for the lovely comment. Much appreciated :-)

Hey there ps,  
I've read this a few times now and as usual, I found such connection to how you communicate and layout your thoughts. Clever, witty, sexy. It feels like I'm peeking in on your personal inner monolog and to me that's just delicious. That openness you smartly convey and the raw richness... it draws me in and keeps me riveted.  
 
I very much enjoy this new title,too  
.. it's a bit cheeky and completely catchy.  
Nice choice.  
 
So great to read you again. :)  

Hope you are well.  
🌹 B

Thank you! Such a touching comment, and I always know when I see your name that I'll feel a little better after reading what you've had to say.

The title to this one has been a bit of a process, so I'm very glad to hear that you're enjoying the new one, and I may stick with it for a while.

I'm doing well, thank you, and I hope the same for you. :-)

i'm so glad to read about the attraction in story telling whether it's through communication or art and how we can become drawn into it all, i feel like it's an unspoken thing brought to surface and i'm happy somebody is speaking for that, of course it had to be you didn't it 😆

i liked the exploration of devils advocate throughout this poem, that being aware of the familiarity, the guilt and the inbetween stage of moving forward, there was a lot to digest, it felt like many uncertainties in a small time capsule  

thank you for sharing 🙂

-ethan

Now that you mention it, you really don't see many people talking (that I've seen) about how people can be attracted to someone because of the way they tell a story, though I think it's pretty common, it isn't often expressed that way.

In a place like DU, for instance, attractions happen and various levels of connection can come from that, all based on whether or not you resonate with someone's poetry and how... everything from friendly acquaintanceship to some form of love. We've seen it all here, haven't we?

One of the things I've learned, and touched on in this piece is that poetry, songs, etc that really reach you can form a false sense of intimacy. One can feel like they really know another person, that someone else truly understands them deep inside, based on a handful of stanzas and good rhyme scheme. As personal and deep as poetry can be, it's still only brief snapshots, a moment in time, a small piece of what someone wants to put on public display. And it's not always autobiography. You can watch some people repeatedly step in the same puddle, and get surprised every time that their shoes are wet and muddy.

Some lessons need to be learned more than once, though, and I think that's true for most, present company included.

I'm very chatty at present, it seems.

Thank you for stopping in, and for seeing so clearly the bits and pieces that I put into this time capsule. Love that description. You're such a poet. :-)  The reading list addition is an honor.