Original poem reprinted online here: "We are High Performers" by Victoria Chang Originally read: July 5, 2014 More information about the Poet: Victoria Chang This poem plays with the idea of puns with "high" and "performers." And since is a definition poem, is the idea to have all the shifts in definition accumulate to a clearer understanding, or is this just a play on what words could possibly mean from different perspectives. I think this poem does both and the adjusted lines for each quatrain adds to this sense of play that accumulates. "We are high performers not normal but high performers / we perform things make papers smell like perfume". The shift in senses from a mental definition to a olfactory smell depicts a change that deals with the mind and the physical which is then further defined by this list: "we are highly creative unusually industrious / exceptionally conscientious diligent intelligent ". This is definitely a l...
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