Hahah You needed Cliff Notes to read the book. This is good.;))

Book covers are meant to draw you in even if the book itself is rubbish.
I used to plough through books even if they were rubbish….not now.I give them about two chapters.If they haven’t got me by then,it’s arrivederci.
Our partners should be treated the same….lol

I have three books I would like to return. Is that possible.
I must have missed something in those synopses.
j.

Reading has its dangers lol. Can’t help feeling this poem is going to be relatable to many. Made me smile you did Tim.

Chris

Clever, funny, and painfully relatable – This is the kind of truth you laugh at because it hurts a little. haha
The final line is brilliant.

So you didn’t read any articles, you just looked at the pictures…LOL

Cleverly penned, Tim. Amazing write my friend. Appreciate you.

Damian

So true! A 20 yr old boy at my local market goes on and on about the girl he is going to marry. They met on the Internet a few months ago and met up in person twice. You can’t suggest he slow down. So often, we think we know it all. I was going to be happy when I escaped my .
mother’s home. First hubby was as violent and crazy as her.

I love this. I never read in depth the outline of the or their stories either. A great metaphor you gave loved it 😍

Superb work, my friend.

Kind of an ironic ending. I sense a kind of lightheartedness in this. Nice one, J.

A cancer among the freckles…now that is an interesting take. As a poet, you are saying they heal..Are short story writers considered a placebo?
Being that I write both, would I be considered a test subject? Hmm
I like this.

This poem is so clever and darkly funny. The metaphors are brilliant, especially the idea of freckles as little poems and “melanoma words” as a threat. It makes the piece feel both whimsical and sharp, a tone perfectly captured by its fantastic title, “Dangerous Advice from a Poet Playing a Doctor.” Great Write, j.

Brilliant work, my friend.

hmmm let’s see, I don’t write short stories, I don’t have freckles, so all I can do is read your poem Jacob. And if you don’t mind my saying, it’s one fukin’ freckley good poem. The kind of freckle poem that gets under the skin of those who think they know art but understand nothing at all. Why do such people run our society, create cultural wars, and are a menace to humanity?!

So here goes a reading: once upon a time in Frecklesville….. LOL
-Curt

Powerfully penned, Jacob. Incredible write my friend. Appreciate you.

Damian