Heart beating fast
So rapidly in fact, I thought
It'd burst
It made the waves crash down upon me
Throwing my body back and forth
With such severe thrashing, I thought
I'd snap
It made my ears ring, the whistle of a kettle
The high agonizing pitch
It screamed so loud, I thought
My ears would bleed
It's the insanity that did it
The drums, the whistle, the waves
It's all the crazy in me
The insanity
The insane
I want you to try to write a prose poem, or a poem with longer lines, and stanzas...break out and write in a way that might be uncomfortable. Remember, the class is about experimenting. I love this poem, the pacing is perfect, it gives the reader the sense of someone going insane.
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