04-16-2012, 06:13 AM
"If I put a gun to my head and pull" is not only a perfectly acceptable
poetic line, it's got more emotion and a little less (just a little) trite
going on.
As far as the poem goes, I'd try sticking to basic, physical nouns and
leaving out all past/future/self references. Try it.
a brightly colored fungus that grows in bark inclusions

