my 1st ever poem published as ode to Alanis in the pill issue 3 Alanis morrissette zine in late 96

THE TRAGEDY OF SONG

She sings in such hushed vocal tones one second, ...
then she shatters glass in an attack of tragic beauty the next.
The truths and traumas of life seem so real and painful when her voice glides over them,
after all, isn’t this the life that you and I and her live?
We ar...