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April 6LAYER CAKE metaphor
Today is my son’s birthday.
I had been trying to describe hunger in a simile to a friend.
I told her that hunger is like close range gunfire. Â It scares my body that much.
Today, in thinking about a metaphor which describes my son,
I realized that he is exactly the opposite of hunger to my body.
He is delicious.
THE OPPOSITE OF HUNGER
My son is
the opposite of hunger.
My son is
a layer cake
—so many layers!—
with sweet cream between
(this is a rough draft…please respect my (c) 2014. Â Thank you!)
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- Blog entries
- April 30
WHAT’S A METAPHOR FOR AGING, I ASK MY 91-YEAR-OLD MOTHER - April 29
BATHING OUR DOG metaphor & simile - April 28
CLUTTER metaphor - April 27
DOORBELL metaphor - April 26
RASPBERRIES metaphor - April 25
WALKING TO THE OCEAN metaphor - April 24
DOG AND MASTER metaphor - April 23
POMEGRANATE SEEDS metaphor - April 22
FENCE simile - April 21
CROW simile - April 20
VIOLIN/BIRD metaphor - April 19
TISSUE metaphor - April 18
BEAST metaphor - April 17
SNAKE metaphor - April 16
CANDLE metaphor - April 15
SHATTERED GLASS metaphor - April 14
MY MAMA’S TEETH metaphor - April 13
EYEGLASSES metaphor - April 12
COMPOST BIN metaphor - April 11
STAGNANT WATER metaphor - April 10
A WASHING OF HANDS metaphor - April 9
DIGGING DOG simile - April 8
BIRDS metaphor - April 7
SHAMPOOING simile - April 6
LAYER CAKE metaphor - April 5
WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING AT? simile - April 4
FLAG metaphor - April 3
MORNING GLORY simile - April 2
WHITEWASHING WALNUT TREES metaphor - April 1
TANGERINE metaphor
Yes to the layer cake metaphor!
And it’s too cool that your son was also born in April. Delicious indeed.