The Life I have once Lived

Right off, the tone, the bitterness, despair, hopelessness, of the poem is what strikes us and I need to say that you have done well, with urban language. Second, is that considering this tone, you have very sensibly selected short lines that resemble spoken sentences. The diction was suited to it, e.g., Stanza 2. I do not often criticize and evaluate spoken word poetry. This was certainly deserving. There is a narrative touch, that impresses me like a youth in a rehab clinic or a street corner who is telling this. I wonder whether you dug into your own past. Really unique.