Nothing Beyond Mercy Comments

What I like here is the swift characterization of the folks at dinner-a few deft touches and they are real. To me, it feels like you want to write a novel, and from reading some of your poems today, I would say you certainly have the stories for it. Have you tried that? By the way, that image of the chicken being plucked live while the lovers kiss is a shockingly accurate example of the way the world works-gruesome and intense and present. The image makes me think of the Icarus poem by Auden called 'Musee de Beaux Arts.' Good stuff.

Perhaps the last four lines illustrate how people view works, Charles. Some will always see what is happening elsewhere in a film: something that is out of the main shot and, for them, it is that something that is important. And this is odd, because your works tend to be a lot of these important things and this goes back to a comment I made on an earlier piece of yours, that you start out with one thing and introduce other things, that at firts sight, seem to be irrelevant, but in actual fact are important components of the works because without them it would be impossible to get the whole picture.

I loved your characters Charles, are they from your imagination or for real. Quite an 'unfortunate' mixture with all their disablilities, but fascinating all the same. Great conversation between them. This is a great write and I loved reading it. Thanks for posting. Love Ernestine XXX

Yes, we all need mercy! ! I hope chickens and humans will receive it.

I love your conversational style Charles. Sounds like nothing but pain, beyond mercy to me though! That last few lines really had me cringing. I could see the terror in the chickens eyes! I shouldn't laugh. 10 from chuckling, not clucking, Tai

charming and different. a spectacle of observation. a very enjoyable read. <3

that ending its just so i don't know it just does it for me. Lylyanna