by susansnow
but I think in the piece the form works against the content somewhat because there are great lines like this one: "I heard once that penguins mate for life no matter because there is nothing in the world worse than a flightless bird." that get lost in the text. I'm guessing you prefer this kind of shaping and if so, you could still make the key lines stand out by cutting carefully what is around them. Just my opinion, but overall a poem full of action and disjointed jumpiness that grabs the reader.
Indeed! I've been saying for years that happiness is a selective memory.
Here though there is beauty in the pain.