Erin Wilson's Review Derek Salisbury

Scrubbing a Hardwood Floor

The repetitive use of the words soft, and fragile, describes to the reader the how careful these two people are being. Yet the reoccuring blood images, describe the intensity of the moment. I really like the the title and how it matches whats being said, but also how whats being said changes the meaning of the title. I like the end of the poem, "push has suddenly come to shove. Headlights in the driveway and I'm leaving." but i feel like i want more of whatever it is that happened before that ending moment.