In the poem "Night Waitress", Lynda Hull uses figurative language to discuss the feeling of deep reflection and being trapped in everyday life. In the phrase "the calendar on my wall predicts no disaster only another white square waiting to be filled like the desire that fills jail cells.", through a simile, the author compares white squares to jail cells because she feels trapped in her everyday routine and feels as if it is impossible to escape. Also, the phrase "the cold arrest that makes me stare out the window or want to try every bar down the street", Hull uses figurative language to convey they desire to try new things and attempt to change her current life situation. Hull's purpose of creating this poem was to show the hardships of
