Apr 23
Ouroboros
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Poem Information:
“Ouroboros” traces the geometry of mourning — not a straight descent, but a looping, side-winding return. Grief here is a serpent: slow, deliberate, devouring its own trail. The poem’s structure mirrors this motion, tightening and unspooling as time ticks forward in a rhythmic “tick tock,” a pulse that refuses to end. “Undulatory propulsion” suggests order, but the form betrays it, curling into itself until emotion and motion become indistinguishable. The closing “figure eight” seals the loop — grief and love twisting endlessly, infinite and inseparable, a perfect ouroboros of the heart.
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