Where we are, she was

Where we are, she was

 

 

 

today,

Sylvia wouldn't need towels

or ovens

 

or suicides waiting in cupboards

she could just enter a crowded room

 

and take a deep breath.

 

 

erin-cilberto

10/26/2020

Reviews

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

AMAzing insight here
Yes the air we breathe now not like it ever was

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Julie,
j.

[Wórdsmíth]

interesting picture here... reminds me about Sylvia Plath and her suicide which unfortunately getting accelerated in today's world.. this virus has us all indoors..

... depression raising; affecting mental health; wellness, chronically and periodically... such a verbiage of nature or may be.. humankind... and we are all paying for what's being caused by.. not only to blame China but could be anybody trapped in... suicide notes or death-trail depression... and this is what exactly "Where We Are, She Was."

[jacob erin-cilberto]

so true what you say, here Wordsmith...so true.
thank you for your insight.
j.

[barleygirl]

I love how you tie together two very different eras into a startling comparison. It's amazing how some people consider walking into a crowded room unprotected as getting back to everyday life & others see it as suicide. Past week bumping up to nearly 80K new cases per day & nearly 1300 deaths on a few of those days. I don't like the odds (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[jacob erin-cilberto]

the odds are bad, and our pres. is now taking credit for getting rid of the virus as one of his achievements as President...good grief.
j.

[barleygirl]

I had to go change my diaper when I read that . . . *wink! wink!* By the way, new cases jumped from 80K yesterday to 90K today. Gotta love that corner we're turning! Deaths at an all-time high today as well, over 1300. How can people buy his s**t en masse?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I don't know how...but they are.

[AJNJ]

I could relate this more to the toxic world around us. Toxic by way of thought and intention. She certainly would feel suffocated.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, lonelier than lonely....
thanks, AJNJ,
j.

[AJNJ]

Welcome sir.....*smiles*

[andrew mitchell]

That’s just it, you can have depression and be in a crowded room and no one would be the wiser. It’s only after a death people think oh yes!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

that is true, thank you, andrew,
j.

[andrew mitchell]

Did Sylvia Platt commit suicide?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, she did...Tried 4 times, was successful the 4th.

[andrew mitchell]

What a shame!

[Neville]

.............................. absolutely and mind blowingly spot on jacob ... I wonder & truly, whether she might have thought of that .. or maybe it would have been too slow, or too hit n miss .. at first, anyway
......... N.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

probably too slow....she was awfully impulsive.
thank you, Neville,
j.

[Neville]

my pleasure and my thought precisely
N.

[Marina]

Very true, Jacob, and it makes one wonder whether she would actually still do that.....a crowded room in a pandemic and just expose herself to possible death. Somehow it just doesnt seem urgent enough for her liking. This is a profound and original thought you had. Makes one ponder the possibilities. Very creative. 💛

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, not "urgent enough"---I believe you are correct there. thank you for your insights, Marina.
read moreyes, not "urgent enough"---I believe you are correct there. thank you for your insights, Marina.
j.

[Chris Shaw]

Yes, an easier way to go initially it seems. But on reflection it could become long and drawn out. Not only that painful. I think in her shoes I'd still opt for the gas oven.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I probably would also, Chris.
thanks,
j.

[Chris Shaw]

Great minds think alike:) Good morning jacob.

[Jimmy Yetts]

COVID-19's death rate is really quite low--except, of course, for older folks who may already be ailing.
Poetic point well made, however.
Nothing confounds or seems more wasteful, than most suicides.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Jimmy,
j.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

A very novel way of highlighting our current predicament by using Plath's suicide and the 'risk' faced from Covid, although I am not so sure it is such a worry. In 2105 50,000 died in the UK from flu, currently we are up to 45,600 from Covid. that includes anyone who has died within 28 days of a positive test. My 93 year old uncle died earlier this year from natural causes but had a positive covid test and was counted in!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, John,
in our country, a lot of deaths could have been avoided with some real leadership and example from the top.
j.