*"Everything Is Broken"*
Broken lines broken strings
Broken threads broken springs
Broken idols broken heads
People sleeping in broken beds
Ain't no use jiving
Ain't no use joking
Everything is broken.
- Dylan
On 7 September 2011 23:39, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Yes. I hadn't quite thought of it like that; but, yes.
>
> I thought as I combed its hair before posting that I'm glad it doesn't say
> broken. That's a cliche word here. Tony Cameron said _broken Britain_ and
> now all sorts of things are said to be broken
>
> _It's broke_ is my childhood language. People didn't say _it's broken_
>
> I have a sort of generic memory of drivers saying to my dad, _that lorry's
> broke_ -- it was his job to fix them
>
> and of course one is broke when one is poor
>
> or, if you prefer,
>
> you are broke when you are poor (!)
>
> *
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