Analysis of I want to drown in the past and call it the best decision of my life



all of the missing plastic is in the garage.  when you ask to
write inside of my writing.  when you drop me off in the
K-Mart parking lot and say you will be back later. the minimall
is close by a horse farm. at birthday parties he would
pull me on his lap. i wanted to be on the swings. no one was
watching. lift the window and let the snow come in the room.
play in the snow.      make angels in the snow.
now i am walking home from dance class on the main road.
i am seven. you were late
picking me up.
        i am wearing close to nothing
              and every step feels like his lap.
the best possible place to be now is the ocean. this problem we
have. let's call it the way that it is. and ever shall be.
i am wearing my Swarovski Crystals.   i cost 99 dollars.
i am floating in my Baby Phat sweater like an olive in
your martini. i am at the mall. i am watching cheerleaders
at the mall.      look at that brat. look at that mall brat.
           i want to drown in the past and call it

the best decision of my life.


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Poetic Form
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Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,117
Words 218
Sentences 26
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 19, 1
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 375
Words per stanza (avg) 104

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Laura Marie Marciano, "I want to drown in the past and call it the best decision of my life" from Mall Brat. Copyright © 2016 by Laura Marie Marciano. Reprinted by permission of The Accomplices.

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Written on 2016

Submitted by Drone232 on June 28, 2022

Modified on May 01, 2023

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LAURA MARIE MARCIANO

Laura Marie Marciano is the author of Mall Brat (CCM, 2016). Interested in the intersections of art, theory, and commerce, Marciano promotes intertextual poetry through her media collective gemstone readings and formally co-curated a multi-disciplined, experiential poetry exhibition series at Artbook at MoMA PS1. She has performed at A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn Museum, Brown University, Silent Barn, and other institutions. After earning an MFA in Performance and Interactive Media Art at Brooklyn College, Marciano pursued her PhD in creative writing at the University of Rhode Island. She teaches poetry courses online through her initiative soft lands poetry, and is currently a visiting assistant professor of writing at Lehigh University. more…

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