Exercise 5: Combined Pantoum

Lost In A Mystery

I was scared of the silence
It was a peculiar moment
the needle dropped into the first groove
There was something beyond all that

It was a peculiar moment
I used to wonder what it was about the dam that made me think of it
There was something beyond all that
When she flicked off the backlight

I used to wonder what it was about the dam that made me think of it
I couldn't stop looking up at the sky
There was something beyond all that
I shaked my head

I couldn't stop looking up at the sky
The needle dropped  into the first groove
I shaked my head
I was scared of the silence

Line Sources

At the Dam by Joan Didion - Lines 2, 4 & 6

Nude Interrogation by Yusef Komunyakaa - Lines 1,3, 10 & 12