Written words on a wall
make me wonder who you are.
Did you break someone's heart
the day you had to part?
Or did you simply turn away
after you led them astray,
sweet Iris?
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Reviews of "Sweet Iris"
Reviewed by Jane Rodway (Reader)
Reviewed on May 22, 2004
What I like best about this is that you say so much in so small a space, which shows skill with the balance of words.
Using Calgary as a backdrop the author satirizes the self-serving nature of the public as it continues to fatten itself, not only physically, but egotistically as well.