Where do you time the simile
does it pop up at the start of the poem
I can hear a bird singing like
a bird at midday alone
Or midway through
a stanza or two down
like now, the like saying to your listener
you are about to get a comparison
which feels like the feeling you get when the light
turns green to yellow
you are about to get a red
either stop now or push the foot down and plough through.
The last line simile has a distinct tone
like a smell
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