Jody Azzouni

Poetry

Making a splash

Originally appeared in Twilight Ending 6:2, 2000
Added 9/18/2021
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Making a splash

Poem | Jody's Notes

Jody's Notes

Is this cold-hearted? A poem built entirely on wordplay: water-imagery, etc. But about suicide or worse (accidental death). Don't we reveal something about ourselves--we authors I mean--if we are so detached from a kind of life-event that we can exploit it (effortlessly, sort of) for imagery? This is a way some people might think, anyway.

 

The tired waterfall; its continuous

collapse; its color:

ghost. Sometimes we too

trip over ourselves, splash

our innards about locally; leave

something damp subject to gossip

and gaping. Residuals earn

their place; only the essence

evaporates.