I take Dave's point, Andrew, but what I responded to first was the final stanza, the phrases at play, being the thing perhaps?
Doug
On 2011-09-06, at 11:01 PM, andrew burke wrote:
> after the pure journey began
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> and had to be hosed down and jacketed
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> in the three ring circle of the mind
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> whips cracking thighs pleading
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> lip syncing to *‘the thing *
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> *whether subjective or objective’*
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> the character of it all
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> as built by
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> the characters in it all
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> Andrew
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