REF II
I couldn’t help it.
Living by the sea.
Manic toes are knee deep.
Jason Ridpath
SourceLicence:Public domain
I couldn’t help it.
Living by the sea.
Manic toes are knee deep.
Three short lines, and almost everything in them is left unsaid. The speaker begins with a confession, "I couldn't help it," but never tells us what "it" is. That gap is the heart of the poem.
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