Every other line

[Jerrybaldy]

Every other line.

I suckled for life
I sucked for pleasure
I sprang from you
I entered you
I love you always
I loved you once
You created me
I created you
You will never leave.
I left you.

[symphony]

Every other line and every other life. Well written!

[Haunted]

ok i'm not a riddle solver but when I saw this, I said to myself....WOW!

Every other odd line says mother.
Every other even line says woman / girlfriend / lover.

Some crazy Freudian / Jungian thing going on here, I think.... So simple, so complex. Pun intended.

Brilliant title, brilliant construct. I expect nothing less from you Jer.

[Jack of Hearts]

Heheh. Complex.

Baldy, it's good to have your distinct voice back around these parts. This reader made the same interpretation of the poem as Haunted.








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[Pensive]

I must admit Haunted's interpretation was not the first one to come into my mind but I was quite amused after having read it. And curious too if that is what actually has been intended. :)

Very concise and carefully worded, love it!

[Twota]

I read it too many times and I aint sure if I made the right interpretation, but I really like it.:D

[cafolini]

You'll never leave. Foolishly impossible, whatever the context and implication. Seems rather incomplete.

[AuntShecky]

This one's like the old commercial for Certs-- "It's two, TWO!, two mints in one!" We get two little verses here, just by reading other line.

It's clever, not "gimmick-y," cute, and definitely does not "suck."