The avenger, the town barber, no one knew, which will it be?

My fate on the blade, I cannot fail.

I want to be a murderer, no, I am just a barber.

Job, thats it, job. I must shave.

It is not easy to kill.

 

My found poem is from the story 《Lather and Nothing Else》by Hernando Tellez.

The conflict in 《Lather and Nothing Else》is a Self-versus-Self conflict. The main character struggles between his thoughts and he is not sure if he should shave for Captain Torres as the role of a barber or should he murder Captain Torres as being the avenger.

The first line of the poem is quite straight forward and it shows the main character’s struggle where he is thinking whether he should stay as a regular  town barber and shave for Torres or should he secretly murder him and become the avenger. The second line metaphorically  shows that his fate can be different from one act with the razor blade he is holding, and it is a choice that matters life and death. The third line shows his final choice, and he decided to shave for Torres properly as the best barber in town while the fourth line concludes the moral of the story. It is not easy to kill.

My abstract drawing includes two thoughts of death and good shaved, a razor knife and the main character’s brain. The obvious part, which is the brain, shows that the story presents internal conflicts. The second part is the symbol (the razor blade) and the choice that he can  make.