So what do you think of this poem? It's pretty grim and depressing.
Poems read both ways are known as reverse poems. They are structured so that the lines convey one meaning when read top-to-bottom and a completely different, often opposite, meaning when read bottom-to-top.
I read it top to bottom and thought, "Damn. These words make me feel like this is the direction the United States is taking." Makes a person feel hopeless.
But from the bottom to reading, it shed a totally different light - one that is positive, one that offers hope. And me, the one who looks for the best in people, chooses to believe that good will win in the end. So, bottoms up!
We have been around long enough to know, the country will survive and become stronger. I am reading a history of the war of 1812, DC was sacked because government was massively dysfunctional - and we survived.
ReplyDeleteYes, we will survive.
DeleteI'm with you! Bottoms Up it is!
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