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Burnt Green Onions


Are you qualified

to comment

Are you predisposed

to care

Can your envy

make it better

When you rip

and then you tear

 

Sleeping

with the devil

The critic

stirs his pot

Trying to recook 

the stew

With all the things

— he’s not

 

(Dreamsleep: November, 2025)

 

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PersonalThemeAbstract

Critique and artistic jealousy explored philosophically yet grounded in personal artistic struggle.

SparseMeasureDense

Dense clustering of ideas: qualification, envy, destruction, criticism, inadequacy packed tightly.

DarkSentimentBright

Bitter, accusatory tone regarding critics and their destructive nature; deeply negative.

StillEnergyExplosive

Sharp rhetorical questions, tearing/ripping imagery, active 'stirring' create kinetic intensity.

MicroLengthEpic

Nine lines; micro to very short poem length.

PlainFigurativeOrnamented

Sleeping with devil, stirring pot, recooking stew; rich metaphors for criticism and jealousy.

LyricVoiceDramatic

Primarily lyric internal voice addressing 'you' (critic), shifting toward dramatic accusation.

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