I decided to click the ‘random story’ button today, no reason, had time to spare, time I decided I did not especially wish to fill with anything in particular. Time I thought was superfluous, a moment to discard, un missed in the day. So click click and this story pops up, and I read it, twice. Made me wish I had something to do after all.
Happy new year.
C_A_JONEStechno | January 3, 2010 - 21:55
Do you mean vitriolic? I didn't get past the first few lines of it.
spartarcad | January 4, 2010 - 01:41
If you can not, via a mental or social trench strive beyond a mere line or two. Take up golf, chicken farming, possiby building second world war battleships out of discarded coca cola ring pulls, but give literature a miss.
bukharinwasmyfa... | January 4, 2010 - 10:53
Well, there's often good reasons for only reading a line or two of some bits of literature but, in this case, given that it only takes about 35 seconds to read the whole poem, I'd agree it's worth reading to the end.
Not a bad poem.
C_A_JONEStechno | January 4, 2010 - 11:19
Perhaps you should learn decent grammar before you censure other people, my friend.
The Big Bad G | January 4, 2010 - 12:41
As an idle observation, the "vitreous" was clearly intentional. The last stanza mentions 'night tears hardening' - i.e. turning to glass, perhaps? It also doubles up as a play on the vitreous humor (that being the stuff what fills your eye up, innit). If you didn't make it to the end then the misunderstanding is fair enough, but perhaps make it to the end next time?
C_A_JONEStechno | January 4, 2010 - 14:02
I have read it all but I tried to blank it from my mind. :-)
Dynamaso | January 8, 2010 - 03:41
Hi, I'm surprised (and pleased) to see this little piece of mine has inspired discussion. As 'The Big Bad G' had observed, the use of "vitreous" was indeed intentional.
Thanks for reading, folks.