Sizzle; but wait for lolling
When, not how: When the words heat and start to sizzle in the page, if you look closely, you can find the beginning of a metaphor: “In this wet climate where everything is on its way back to decay. . . .” First, your ears prick up. Second you suspect there is a second or even third thing speaking to you. Third you think what it may be about, sensing fibers beneath the soil. Here you stay awhile and then want to rush off after you have turned the first bit of earth. But resist, hold yourself here, for fourth you open to further metaphors: applewood, crispness, juiciness, love, sustenance. Sometimes it just asks you to luxuriate. Lolling.
:- Doug.
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