Unfinished
I stare from the other side of the street.
It's still incomplete.
I stare at all the tools they left,
all the people who worked on it.
From the blueprint laid out by the first
to the last's whose paint peeled off.
I bet they all thought they could do it;
complete this monstrosity I call self.
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Posted Mar 2, 2018, 7:45 AM UTC · edited
This is a really great concept and the twist is handled nicely. I feel like more could have been done with wordplay or imagery; it's a little visually bland. Creating that sense of place by fleshing out the building could make the twist even more impactful imo. I don't know if you were going for a kind of low-fi aesthetic, minimalism, maybe to reflect the depressing nature of things? If so, I don't know what purpose the opening rhyme serves; it's actually a little distracting, considering it's the only one.
But the emotionality is intact, and the whole thing is very powerful and nicely done.
I understand what you're saying. And to be honest the imagery fell short of what I had hoped. And the opening rhyme was kind of an accident. Thanks for the feedback!
No worries, good job. I would keep working on this one, I think it can be elevated from good to something really special.