Ouroboros: The Book That Ate Me

June M. Blurton is a retired speech/language pathologist.

This book is a collection of fragments, poetry, and dreams, all based on
the use of metaphor in waking and sleeping states.

Michelut says she is fascinated by the relationship between the reader
and the writer. If this relationship is to be meaningful, however, the
reader must comprehend what the writer is communicating, and it is the
responsibility of the writer to present her thoughts and feelings in a
way which will achieve this.

In these as in any dreams the use of metaphor is inescapable, personal,
and private. Unfortunately Michelut’s use of metaphor in the fragments
and poetry is often not only private but also inaccessible to the
reader. At times the veil is lifted, but this happens all too seldom.

The ouroboros—a snake that forms a circle by biting its own
tail—seems to be a fitting symbol for this collection.