09-25-2016, 10:42 AM
(09-01-2016, 08:36 AM)HopeVictoria56 Wrote: Here there are two months of SummerSome More subtleties would be nice. Rather than directly saying: I can see the trees, bare. Try "The trees bare naked branches".
and seven months of Fall,
so I've got all the time in the world to miss you.
I count the leaves
dropping in the hall
and in the kitchen.
I can see the trees,
bare.
In no condition to fight the cold, but they do it anyway.
I'm in no condition to watch the clock tick,
but it's 4:31, :32, :33 AM
and here I am
drunk off red wine and bad karma.
Too many blank stares and one liners.
I wish you would come save me,
but maybe that's just how the story ends.
And I will count the leaves
dropping in the hall
and in the kitchen.
Only six more months of Fall.
I like the transition of time with the clock ticking. It makes adds to the atmosphere of this little world you've created. The framing element you create with 2 months of Summer, 7 months of fall, and then ending with "Only 6 months of Fall" is good. It adds a sort of dreary ending when the reader reads the listlessness you've created and then being reminded that there is still 6 months of it left.
