There are a few more that map easily over Sam's POV (which would argue that Siken is a Samgirl) BUT so much of Siken's relationship to the man he's writing about in this collection reads as Dean's relationship to Sam IMHO. Interesting. I am only halfway through Crush and am finding more Dean poems because of the Henry thing, but I never considered the ease of Sam projection. The whole thing just makes me have the ludicrous desire to ask Siken if he watches Supernatural. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR OUT YOUR THESIS. What is it about poetry/SPN OTP that is so satisfying?
That poem is excellent, thanks for the link. It's like Sam POV post-5x16 and pre-5x18. I am especially heartbreak at this section: Thirty years will pass before I remember that moment when suddenly I knew each man has one brother who dies when he sleeps and sleeps when he rises to face this life,
and that together they are only one man sharing a heart that always labours, hands yellowed and cracked, a mouth that gasps for breath and asks, Am I gonna make it?
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Interesting. I am only halfway through Crush and am finding more Dean poems because of the Henry thing, but I never considered the ease of Sam projection. The whole thing just makes me have the ludicrous desire to ask Siken if he watches Supernatural. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR OUT YOUR THESIS. What is it about poetry/SPN OTP that is so satisfying?
That poem is excellent, thanks for the link. It's like Sam POV post-5x16 and pre-5x18. I am especially heartbreak at this section:
Thirty years will pass before I remember
that moment when suddenly I knew each man
has one brother who dies when he sleeps
and sleeps when he rises to face this life,
and that together they are only one man
sharing a heart that always labours, hands
yellowed and cracked, a mouth that gasps
for breath and asks, Am I gonna make it?
AND ALSO THE LAST VERSE AAAAAAAHHHH