Interpretation

The up escalator unofficial challenge

By Harper Lewis Published 2 months ago • 1 min read

Red, that’s all you need:

Crimson without tide

or clover.

Maybe it’s a

duodenum,

pancreas-dangling pistol,

or just a bleeding scythe.

I’ll never tell.

Intrusive rhyme bothers me, except as a weapon.

Intertextuality is my passion.

Formalist/ New Critical are my guiding theories.

My words are mine, not a robot’s.

MA English literature, CofC

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Written by Harper Lewis