Dancing On The Grave Of A Son Of A Bitch By Diane Wakoski

This poem in my opinion was took from a scene in a soap opera but the message the poet was sending to reader was a realistic one. " Dancing On The Grave Of A Son Of A Bitch " by Diane Wakoski was about a couple going through a bitter divorce and the story was told through the eyes of a irate woman. Throughout the poem the woman is expressing her hatred for her husband and how glad she is that she finally she saw him for the type of man he is. At first their separation was depressing to her because his absence created a void in her life this was expressed in the line "your leaving actually made me as miserable as an earthworm with no earth".The woman was mistreated by this man so much that her hatred overcame her depression and she is happy that they getting divorced because she will finally be completely through and over him. In conclusion the man wasn't literally dead and she wasn't dancing on his grave but he was figuratively dead in her life and her dancing represent her willingness to move on and be happy.