Patrick Swayze (Too Soon?)

Of this week's poetry collection, I'm pretty sure that the Don's poem The Apparition wins out as my favorite.  So, ironically, we find out fairly early on that the speaker is not actually dead (yet) and is not an apparition per se.  However, apparently he can't wait until he is one.  In my humble interpretation of the poem, I saw a woman who cheated on her man (the speaker) who now seeks vengeance.  However, he does so in a very sophomoric way.  First, there's the threats: "Then shall my ghost come to thy bed" [line 4].  Then, there's the insults targeted at the new man: "in worse arms shall see" [line 5].  After that, the classic 'you're gonna miss me cause he ain't love you': "in false sleep will [he] from thee shrink" [line 10].  Finally, he spits pure hate: "What I will say, I will not tell thee now,/ Lest that preserve thee;" [lines 14-15].  I can't say I don't back the guy on some of these things, but boy does he sure know how to cut to the bone.  More power to him.

Boo!