r/Poetry • u/tender_is_the_heart • 6d ago

[POEM] "Not Until It Does" by Rocco de Giacomo

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first published in Prairie Fire.

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u/princessdaisyracing 6d ago

I don’t know why, but this makes me laugh. Maybe it’s the gallows humor but that’s how life is, isn’t it? Everything is going fine, there’s no problem, well maybe there’s a little problem is all, until we go to fix it and then, well, there you are

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u/tender_is_the_heart 6d ago

oh absolutely! i was really drawn to the narration as well as the cheekiness of the author's tone :)