06-14-2015, 12:46 AM
Thanks for having a read and taking the time, sorry it confused and perplexed you and a bigger apologise for grammar, punctuation or lack there of, the poem is about someone that irritates the writer but it's not a relative, the poem is tongue in cheek, thanks for the critique, I'lll amended the poem to make it more sensible if you will.
(06-14-2015, 12:02 AM)Julia.rose.q Wrote: Maybe I'm being dense--but I'm having a hard time "getting" this piece.
My takeaway is that the subject is pleased to not be like someone s/he abhors (someone that maybe the subject is expected to be like? Such as a mother or sibling?).
I'll just comment on one global concern.
The punctuation/capitalization drove me bonkers because I can't make sense of it, lol. The first stanza as a sentence makes sense. But then there isn't another period for two more stanzas, and grammatically that doesn't work. Later there's a phrase "irritating busy body" ended by a period, which also isn't gramatically accurate. I spent a lot of time during my reading trying to figure out the significance of the punctuation and re-reading sections trying to make then fit.
My reading experience would improve with more consistent punctuation or no punctuation.

