The title mimics an epitaph and suggests that the piece will
one way or another deal with the death of love.
The story is divided into sections by roman numerals, which fit the
poetic tone of the piece as though they are separating prose stanzas. Though I read the first couple of sentences
of part II like lyrics to a Cake song, I like the elegant and ambiguous
language of the overall piece. I also
like how the characters and other scene elements are reduced to geometric
shapes, colors, and other sensory details.
While the ambiguity does benefit the story, I am not sure what to make
of the overarching conflict with Katherine, who is apparently the character as
the one before with the “evil inside of her.”
I cannot tell if she is now independent of her lover or a tumor, the
latter of which would be supported by the title and other details. Some aspects of the story could be made clearer,
but the piece is very well composed.
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