I feel that all three pieces from Brevity are great examples of "facing their dragons". My favorite was "I Remain Very Sorry For What I Did to the Little Black Cat". I feel like she is confronting what she did to the cat as a child but not trying to make excuses or asking for simpathy. Her use of details is great. The way she describes the cat as something innocent after brung to light what she had done to it as something dark. The last line had me. I love how she brings us to the present and shows us how that cat still haunts her.
"Landlines" was my second favorite because it was something that I Luke some what relate to. I love the use of words. Like when she says "I stared at the single word on the caller ID, private, and I let it ring and ring as I choked on that word, private,". I felt what she was feeling. I pulled me in just like many other of her words did. She definitely faced her "dragons" in this piece.
"Carolina/ Tennessee" was great also. I love the power pull between knowing she was doing something wrong but not wanting to give up the pleasure she received. I love the images she describe. Like the black bumblebee on the windshield and the auburn hair woven into the pillowcase. I feel she faces her "dragons" in the end by sitting there letting the cigarette burn out.
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