With surgical clarity
caustic words incise,
not in single slash—
a fluid gash to the carotid;
but a thousand tiny nicks
pin-pricks
that bleed out
s–l–o–w–l–y
s–l–o–w–l–y
for your amusement.
Was it I that taught you to
rend with such precision?
At what point did student’s
skill surpass the
teacher’s?
© Ginny Brannan 2014
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| Getty: Bloody Knife |
and on and on and on it is passed
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to the next.
it is learned
that is for sure.
I was just thinking about this the other day--my student seem to get it so much earlier than I did--and sometimes I feel bereft in the process
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