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Original poem reprinted online here: "The Damage" by Emma Bolden Originally read: April 14, 2013 More information about the Poet: Emma Bolden Past me wrote this for the first line, "Humorous opening line -- I hope it's (cherub's head) a statue not an allegory."  Why did I think that?  Because the title, "The Damage" is such a loaded title.  There will always be an expectation where the poem has to do about something breaking, and there's so much pressure to invent, reinvent or try something new with the expectation. With that being written, the first line fulfills the expectation.  The damage is on the "cherub's head," but since there is a specific item -- the cherub -- then there's the foreshadowing of symbolism.  What does a replica of something holy, something sacred mean to the poem. Butt of course we need a little back story, "The day before we'd driven nine hours."  The drive commitment solidifies that the ...