The poem I chose was First Kiss by Kim Addonizio. It consisted of one stanza containing 21 lines and is a conceit, which is an extended metaphor. It is talking about the first kiss with a man that she seems to have a future relationship with after this occurance. She was comparing his face after the kiss to the face of her daughter after breast feeding. It was a face that showed helplessness and not minding that she knows. "knowing she could show me how helpless she was"
I chose this poem because of the picture it painted in my head of the first kiss in front of a church leaning against a chainlink fence. I pictured it at night time because it was talking about the drugged look her daughter used to get, which reminded me of my young siblings right before they go to bed how tired and relaxed they look. Also I feel like it was the end of a date and one of the dates that winds up in the strangest places but because of where you wound up and who you were with is what makes it so memorable. Also, the drugged look the man had reminds me of myself when I had an experience similar to this.
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