Original poem reprinted online here: "poem I wrote sitting across the table from you" by Kevin Varrone Originally read: October 16, 2013 More information about the Poet: Kevin Varrone The title of the poem plays on the romantic ideal. Well, at least from me. The idea of creating something for another person as they wait. And this is my problem, no where in the title does it indicate the purpose of writing across from someone. There could be implications, like the couplet form, but nothing really solid. I think the poem plays with this idea. "if I had two nickels to rub together / I would rub them together" the affirmation of intent. But this is stated and then pushed further through a simile, "like a kid rubs sticks together / until friction made combustion" now this is what is anticipated -- the reaction. And even though these are in couplet forms, note how the actual and the simile are two lines each as though to show a connection, but s...
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