ah, a slip of the poet's mind
i was thinking of something i'd read about moths -- that the beautiful
coloring is to warn predators that they are poison --
and i thought....
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On 10/16/07, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Yes, good questions, & lovely, quick, sharp means of asking them. The
> stanzaic form working with the material....
>
> Which is why I didn't quite follow the logic here. Maybe because it's
> not clear whose ugliness, & where?
>
> > Surely
> >
> > predators would be
> > more deterred by
> > ugliness.
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