I kicked a child— He
was called Ryan. He said *you're
wild,* But, he was lyin'.
- crux6912
#Lyin' Ryan.
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robust wing
Decent contents but boring title
ionic swan
Fine
ionic swan
Lyin' Ryan.
ionic swan
Good use of iambic pentagram
It's not 😭
swift lotus
I know
ionic swan
💀💀💀
swift lotus
Wouldn't have fit the emotional tone
swift lotus
It really shows the contrast between 2 subjective experiences
And the tension that can arise between them
Like Ryan's subjective experience was that you were wild but you're subjective experience was that Ryan was lying
Very very deep stuff there
ionic swan
The heteroglossia of 'you're wild' really reflects how Ryan has emotionally damaged me, inasmuch as his words haunt my brain in aeternum.
swift lotus
Maybe the author knew that Ryan was correct but wanted to project a false image of himself into the impressionable Ryan
ionic swan
Like Ryan's subjective experience was that you were wild but you're subjective e...
Really what I was going for! Tysm
The constant syllable structure reflects the echo of 'you're wild' constantly assailing my mind
swift lotus
The heteroglossia of 'you're wild' really reflects how Ryan has emotionally dama...
I'm not heteroglossia thank you very much but I respect people who are!
ionic swan
The fact that Ryan is a child— whilst autobiographical— also reflects how little things can have such a large impact
swift lotus
There's a level of honesty and vulnerability from the author that we don't often see in modern poetry
swift lotus
The fact that Ryan is a child— whilst autobiographical— also reflects how little...
Well depends if Ryan was little
ionic swan
There's a level of honesty and vulnerability from the author that we don't often...
The transparency of this alludes to a possible mental disorder of the author. This would align with the recurring echo of Ryan's words in his head, and align with Ryan calling him 'wild', and align with him kicking a child.