8 hours ago
(09-07-2026, 09:20 PM)milo Wrote: I think the title "Die-Cut" is interesting enough but loses all strength when it is explained and then when the explanation ends up being - lives are like jig saw puzzles. I honestly don't know if another human has ever written a poem saying the exact same thing but it feels easy - too easy - to the point I would be willing to bet my last farthing thre are at least a thousand. So what is the solution? Give up and move on? Has humanity produced the last life is like a jig saw poem ever? No, it just starts out a bit on the nose and then continues to be on the nose throughout. The narrator is not living in their world so much as explaining a metaphor to the reader over and over. It might be more interesting for the narrator to just describe the various situations of life being jig-saw-esque with the title and let the reader determine whether it is true or not.great notes +1
Thanks for posting

