Pretty Little Rooms
The last paragraph is the most striking for me because I am facinated by the way Katie Chaple talks about how science can analyze the past in ways we never imagined. Similar stories abound of once unsolved mysteries being brought to light with the help of test tubes and beakers. And although the science is nice to have, I like how Katie Chaple wants to talk about the woman ...specifically, why no one is thinking of her as a person and asking more heartfelt questions about her. "They don't ask questions they don't know the answer to." But arent these "unasked" questions more interesting than the blunt truth of the discovery? I think so. Adn teh last line is brilliant "Whose body was not loved enough/ that her skull could travel like apebble,/could be used to punctuate the line of a man's body?" The imagery here, a woman's skull placed by the feet to punctuate the body !!! - the exclamation point seeming to yell "Figure me out! " Notice me! Look here! Care!
Just wonderful.
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