tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309703576184054345.post5965086935199560671..comments2022-12-10T02:38:11.178-08:00Comments on Race Me Home: fingersArcher's Boneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15507043334472692421noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309703576184054345.post-46172586871221076982015-02-28T10:31:00.500-08:002015-02-28T10:31:00.500-08:00Wow. This is gorgeous. I read it as being about a ...Wow. This is gorgeous. I read it as being about a mother, one in particular is coming to mind. She is a gifted musician who is too busy doing motherly duties (like baking) to play music. And unfortunately, we mothers usually feel like a failure at that as well. Our bread is never quite right, we don't clean well enough, we make bad parenting decisions, and we just aren't good enough. I deeply feel the disappointment expressed in your poem. And as for the slight change from a piano key to a button in the closing, I read it as if you have one finger on the eject button ... the "get me out of here" button. The game-over button. The off/I'm done-for switch. ~PlumShawnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01044032159371976375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309703576184054345.post-23840477242244603532015-02-28T05:49:12.721-08:002015-02-28T05:49:12.721-08:00I too loved this bit: "The fingers were wild ...I too loved this bit: "The fingers were wild and toasted".<br>-HAhowanxioushttps://howanxious.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309703576184054345.post-33270394224097247082015-02-27T19:51:14.893-08:002015-02-27T19:51:14.893-08:00Love this. "The fingers were wild and toasted...Love this. "The fingers were wild and toasted"Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309703576184054345.post-11930534402981767152015-02-27T10:07:58.184-08:002015-02-27T10:07:58.184-08:00Ready to press.... a threat therein I fear.Ready to press.... a threat therein I fear.georgeplacebloghttps://georgeplaceblog.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com