Avoidance...

by Kaitlin Kristina   Dec 2, 2004


Eyes shift,
Dodging what is directly in front of them,
Moving everyway that they can, just so long as what is known is not seen.
The fiction is easier to swallow than the reality.
The words get tumbled with optimistic jargon,
Broken and dissected to the point that the plain facts are no longer seen,
Let alone relevant.
The lights get shut off, total darkness.
The special effects set in,
Spotlights, in just the right places,
Casting shadows over imperfections and highlighting beauties.
Makeup spread over rough edges.
A priori can no longer end in its conclusion,
The beginning is not clean, not straight
Not real.

Comments and votes are really appreciated! This poem is open ended and up for interpretation, but the title really helps here. Thanks!

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  • 19 years ago

    by Kaitlin Kristina

    Very good analysis. Thank you for the comment. It is about that, and it is also about basic avoidance of the big white elephant in the middle of the room. It can be equated to any aversion to reality.

  • 19 years ago

    by Sean Allen

    What the beginning half of the poem reminded me of was this thing I participate in called Model United Nations. It is basically all about avoiding the real issue at hand, and shifting the focus of the person you're debating with to a different, easier to solve, issue. I think that this poem covers both philosophical and physical avoidance, which is to say that not only are people avoiding physical truth (ie makeup) but truths about the nature of life (fiction vs. reality).

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