MAD - quotes

“You at zero end me with the spool of tape”

Metaphor of tape measure, distance.

Mother isn't moving on, it's the child moving on in life.

He will always be supported by his mother as she is always present in his life from the beginning.

“Anchor. Kite”

Objects that are weighed down for safety not just restriction

Caesura - separates metaphor representing mother and son. “Kite” representing son

Juxtaposition - Anchor represents the mother, keeping the child close, keeping their relationship strong. Kite represents the son, moving on through life, optimistic, may want to leave

“your fingertips still pinch the last one-hundredth of an inch”

“I reach towards a hatch that opens on an endless sky to fall or fly.”

“Mother, any distance greater than a single span”

“the line still feeding out, unreeling years between us.”