Hello grasshopper,
I´m trying to clear a considerable backlog of emails after the weekend and haven´t had time to read other comments on this so sorry if I´m repeating what others have said. I really like this one. I enjoyed the inventive fantasy of it, the fantastic and zany images, the rhythm and half-rhymes. The language is great. I was stumped by `laidly´ and can´t find it in my office dictionary, which is not exhaustive, I´ll check in a better one at home. Two points I would query; the `poison pips´ seem a bit out of keeping, all the other images are just unattractive, but poison is a lot more dangerous than that. Also, `telescoped into your chest´ puzzled me a bit. I can´t help picturing a horrible, gaping wound. These are first impressions, I´m trying to decide what I think of the title, but I think amusing.
All the best, Mike
--- Alkuperäinen viesti ---
The Snot Fairy
I am a little bag of bones, humming
like old meat furred by bluebottles.
My eyes are black, my face is brindle,
but briefly I have wrapped myself
in dragonfly livery to perch
upon your shoulder. Would you tend
a wounded toad? Would you nurse
a needy spider, or caress a frog
with no princely promise? Will you
love me small and foul, tuck me
into your tender pocket? Pucker up,
and kiss me. I am the poison pips
hiding in apple pulp. I am the gristle
others spit away. I am litter, loathsome,
the laidly worm. I am ungainly, ugly,
loveless. Embrace me, buss me.
I carry no coins, no riches. I offer nothing
but the world's wideness, telescoped
into your chest. All I furnish is a flame
to light your chamber's grate forever.
grasshopper
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