Columns Sep 12, 2012 at 4:00 am

Fiction

Stanza

Sherman Alexie
illustration by Joshua Boulet
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1
hmm, honestly, I wanted you to rip my heart open with the end of this one.
DawnLB on September 12, 2012 at 9:28 PM Report this
2
Well I felt the opposite and was very relieved that poetry 'saved' her. It's enough to imagine what could have happened ... shudder!
on September 13, 2012 at 12:13 PM Report this
3
Taking the reader on a roller-coaster ride but with actual fear of pain in 148 words.
Mrs Jarvie on September 15, 2012 at 7:01 AM Report this
4
Wonderful last line.
jonnyk on September 21, 2012 at 9:53 AM Report this
5
Thank you for not taking the easy way out. Wonderful.
mdeitche on October 7, 2012 at 10:44 AM Report this

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