of: Similes *
In his rage my father would bang on the wall like —
a church boy pulling the cathedral bell; with each swing the fear of righteousness and undeserved mercy echoing into my bones, causing awe and terror in my joints at the callousness of man - acting in the self-proclaimed name of Love
I paced the room as restless as —
a tiger at the Central Park Zoo - a worrying sign of disengagement and stress to any layman zoologist; perhaps also a warning of the feline’s ironically undeterred need to run free, to stalk, and (of course) to kill something
It was the old sycamore in the front yard, swaying like —
a boat poorly anchored in the bay that made me feel queasy, as I looked up at the titan of my childhood: now taller and somber - a mirror of my own life, uncared for yet still an integral part of this house, this home, and its bones
August 2024
Reference: Steve Kowit’s In the Palm of Your Hand 2nd Edition, “Create effective similes - striking and apt comparisons - by filling in the blanks in the following sentences” p 76
