02-22-2014, 09:38 AM
Chris, my main suggestions revolve around my own desire to read this as a series of snapshots to further enhance the voyeurism idea. This requires removing some fillers to give a staccato effect.
(02-13-2014, 06:11 AM)ChristopherSea Wrote: Gawkers
Ravenous, they come
gnawing with desire,
from the road-kill photographer -- you could remove from the, put a comma after photographer, ie.
road-kill photographer,
carrion scavenger
which might even work better with a colon after desire
to carrion scavenger.
They draw close to observe -- perhaps a comma after close and remove to
a still life of running shoe,
the battered knockoff purse
and a sandwich half-chewed, -- wondering what the and is doing here, in the middle of a list
a flayed best seller,
some scattered paper,
college-ruled. -- nice use of white space here
The gestalt exhibition
is a massive décollage -- massive doesn't add anything for me
air-brushed in hemoglobin,
arrayed upon asphalt
as another roadside attraction.
Center stage is a leaden grotesquerie -- you might try "Center stage: a leaden grotesquerie" -- this has a twofold effect of turning up the pace and playing on the stage direction format
fashioned in heavy metal,
shattered glass and burnt rubber;
a botched Titan's accordion -- lovely sonics with accordion/cordoned
cordoned off in yellow
as if tragedy were a crime. -- excellent insight
The strewn victims
seem almost incidental -- almost robs this line of its power
to this prying pack
as they sink low on all fours
to drain the outlook lifeless. -- this last line is problematic for me as I read it as "outlook lifeless" (as if it were lifeless to begin with) rather than that they're draining it lifeless, which is I think what you're going for. Anything I can think of as an alternative right now is cumbersome though
It could be worse
