Island

[RiverNotch]

i prefer the line breaks of the newer version, since all the enjambments did nothing for me, but i also prefer how the first draft read straightly on, the entire poem was just one stanza, as well as its handling of the last sentence, the element of uncertainty regarding whether the parrot (heck, whether Huxley, at least based on what little i've gleaned about the Island) really is so smart makes the poem more true-to-life. nevertheless, lovely, and thanks for the read.