Oblivion I see a shapeless mass in shades of gray swirl against a dark background. As it suddenly stops, I feel my eyes flutter open to a room inside a white farm house. I look past my Victorian couch, note at every window or corner, plants crowded together for light. There’s not enough sun. The growth, scraggly and brown, should all be trashed, but I can’t. Maybe there’s life left. The roof leaks as it storms and I see the drips of water. I listen to their sounds as they bash upon the silver frame of a gas space heater. They remind me of a kid playing heads or tails with a quarter that’s slapped down across a table midair. I even think the thunder laughs at me; it has a wicked ring to it. I’m crouched now, ready to pounce, like my cat, upon a mouse that suddenly appeared. I’m hungry. Baccus always left the bodies when he took his snacks. I lick my lips and wonder how it’ll feel to hear the crunch as the head is snapped free.
Janie Wisenhunt's Questions:
1. Is there enough imagery?
2. Does this read like prose?
3. I used internal rhymes, to some degree, does it make a difference in the sound of the poem?
I do appreciate help!