Summary

Sing to It:

The narrator describes an interaction with a past lover, who asked her to avoid any and all metaphors, since "nothing is like anything else" (3). However, before he said that, he also asked her to make a hammock for him out of her hands. He then quoted a poet, who said that "not even the rain has such small hands," thus adding another metaphor (3). Though the narrator feels the need to comfort him, she instead quotes an Arab proverb that instructs to sing to danger when confronted with it. However, before the proverb, she had said the same thing as him about metaphors. He pleaded with her and she made a hammock with her hands for him, and her "arms the trees" (3).

The Orphan Lamb:

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