Author Topic: CoW Ep. 477: Three Monsters That Are Not Metaphors (Staff Picks 2021)  (Read 695 times)

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Three Monsters That Are Not Metaphors (Staff Picks 2021)

• Author: Dani Atkinson
• Narrator: Katherine Inskip
• Host, Episode 477: Jeremy Carter
• Host, Episode 450: Katherine Inskip
• Audio Producer:  Jeremy Carter
• Artist: Alexis Goble

"Three Monsters That Are Not Metaphors" previously appeared as part of  Cast of Wonders Episode 450, "Little Wonders 28 – Metaphors & Allegories," in April 2021.

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1. The kelpie is not a metaphor for depression.

“You’re kind of like a metaphor for depression, though,” I tell her, and she snorts angrily. Her hide twitches, dark and sticky as tar pits.

Just because she’s deceptively appealing, and wants to trap me and drag me down into cold grey waters, means nothing. Just because I am already drowning does not make it a metaphor.


Tags:  2021, Alexis Goble, allegory, companionship, coping, Dani Atkinson, friendship, Jeremy Carter, Katherine Inskip, mental health, metaphors, neurodiversity, Staff Picks, young adult fiction