Conceited Much?: Writing Prompt

Taking a little break from the villanelle form in my blog this week, to bring you a short poem by Linda Pastan, and from which we will take out weekly prompt.

Pastan uses a conceit--an extended metaphor. This device has been used by poets since poets started poet-ing. Even prose writers use it! Done well, as Pastan does, it gives a deeper meaning to the original image/message, and provides another avenue for the piece's reader to understand the point of the poem.

Your prompt for this week is ...