Things That Remind me of Newton's Universal Law of Gravity

[Emz]

Things That Remind Me of Newton's Universal Law of Gravity


Flight-times to Thailand
and bombshells
   [both kinds.]

Inside jokes
which are derivatives
of other inside jokes
which are derivatives.

How a bench can be
just a bench,
or it can be an altar,
or it can be a bar, 
or it can be the saddest place.
   [A week of rain
   and whiskey
   and soggy cigarettes
   is not a valid prescription
   for anything.]

How the mud washes
from my fingertips
and makes a river delta
of my sink
before I eat. 

Pink flesh in general.
Prison cells in general.

   [It was touch-and-go for awhile,
   but at 30 I can comfortably say
   I am not an albatross.]

Trying to forget.
Trying to remember. 
Trying in general.

All the little things I want
but never buy.

First of all, the format is excellent and interesting. I enjoyed your use of the brackets in neat little boxes offset against the rest.
 
The third stanza is your strongest, and the most interesting stanza to me.
 
I'm not sure about the fifth stanza. One commenter points out that it works. My first thought was "why state generalities?". It may just be me, but I cannot identify how it serves the greater purpose of the poem. Maybe there's something I'm missing.
 
I love the philosophical nature of the sixth stanza.
 
Really nice work!
 
Emma