adolescence2

The celebration of disorder is quite evident in the poem Adolescence 2. For example, “although it is night, I sit in the bathroom, waiting” is very disorderly. First of all, why are you sitting in the bathroom in the middle of the night, and what are you waiting for? Normally people aren’t in the bathroom in the middle of the night unless they are sick or need to use the restroom. But that isn’t the case, because this person is waiting for something. In an orderly world, why would you need to wait for something in the middle of the night? Another evidence of disorder is, “night rests like a ball of fur on my tongue”. In an orderly setting, there would not be a ‘ball of fur’ on your tongue. In my mind this is a drug reference, and in an orderly world, drugs are disorder. With these examples of disorder, the poem adolescence 2 portrays celebration of disorder.





Source:
Rita dove -- Adolescence II (page 3061)