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You Better Be Lightning
by Andrea Gibson
Andrea Gibson first crossed my path when they came to UntitledTown several years ago; I didn't see their event (something I quickly came to regret), but I began following them on Instagram and was struck at their poetry.
You Better Be Lightning is phenomenal. I would read through the poems, struck with the wordplay. Gibson is imaginative, heart rending, honest, playful.
Some poetry I have to strive for, to work at. Gibson's I can let wash over me and pause at the lines that catch my attention at their mastery.
"When I think about why we broke up / why you flew all the way to Croatia / to let go of the juggling balls I made you / I know it's because I was a terrible juggler. / I couldn't figure out how to hold something / and set it free at the same time."
"We need so much less than we take. / We owe so much more than we give. / Squirrels plant thousands of trees every year / just from forgetting where they left / their acorns. If we aimed to be just half as good / as one of the earth's mistakes / we could turn so much around."
You Better Be Lightning is phenomenal. I would read through the poems, struck with the wordplay. Gibson is imaginative, heart rending, honest, playful.
Some poetry I have to strive for, to work at. Gibson's I can let wash over me and pause at the lines that catch my attention at their mastery.
"When I think about why we broke up / why you flew all the way to Croatia / to let go of the juggling balls I made you / I know it's because I was a terrible juggler. / I couldn't figure out how to hold something / and set it free at the same time."
"We need so much less than we take. / We owe so much more than we give. / Squirrels plant thousands of trees every year / just from forgetting where they left / their acorns. If we aimed to be just half as good / as one of the earth's mistakes / we could turn so much around."