"I go back / to the world where your brain flooded suddenly though your heart / and lungs lived three more days."
— Sagaser, Elizabeth Harris
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Baton Rouge
Publisher
The Southern Review
Date
2000
Metaphor
"I go back / to the world where your brain
flooded suddenly though your heart / and lungs lived three more days."
Metaphor in Context
It happened yesterday: I go back
to the world where your brain
flooded suddenly though your heart
and lungs lived three more days.
Where your tongue swelled out of
your mouth, and your open eyes
were motionless as a snowman's
or scarecrow's or doll's. Back
to my own brain crashing, cold,
treacherous, inhospitable
to coherent thought, except
If a tree falls in a forest: Now
that she is not here to see them,
are the children beautiful?
Are they real? After
(ll. 1-15)
to the world where your brain
flooded suddenly though your heart
and lungs lived three more days.
Where your tongue swelled out of
your mouth, and your open eyes
were motionless as a snowman's
or scarecrow's or doll's. Back
to my own brain crashing, cold,
treacherous, inhospitable
to coherent thought, except
If a tree falls in a forest: Now
that she is not here to see them,
are the children beautiful?
Are they real? After
(ll. 1-15)
Categories
Provenance
Poem brought to my attention by the author.
Citation
Sagaser, Elizabeth Harris. "Sometimes." The Southern Review. 36:3 (Summer 2000). pp. 534-5
Date of Entry
01/19/2009
Date of Review
01/19/2009
