tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post4277867101235329658..comments2024-01-17T06:34:48.599+00:00Comments on The Far Queue: Bite the HandGarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15637097897454660933noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-71732244550932859802011-02-04T17:33:52.776+00:002011-02-04T17:33:52.776+00:00Harlequin: I guess I'm channelling Egypt at th...Harlequin: I guess I'm channelling Egypt at the moment.<br /><br />Yodood: Nice complimentary verses - should run side-by-side perhaps?Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15637097897454660933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-22721947663620326832011-02-04T07:28:06.703+00:002011-02-04T07:28:06.703+00:00SHUN THE HAND
Storm against
The bars and stars
You...SHUN THE HAND<br />Storm against<br />The bars and stars<br />You pledged allegiance to<br />In the molding of your schooling<br /><br />You are not<br />Fodder for the warring steel<br />If you can grow your own next meal<br />The unfolding of your schooling<br /><br />Powerless<br />Against the razor steel<br />Peeling whiskers from your chin revealing<br />That Windsor tether to your schooling<br /><br />Rise up<br />Dilate the cage of your crumpled form<br />When you face the truth you’ve long ignored<br />Since the scolding of your schooling<br /><br />You are<br />The key to the cage<br />Not in rage but the will to disengage<br />From the emboldening of your schooling<br /><br />Free<br />To walk away from your servers<br />Costing more than that tie could ever earn<br />No longer tethered to your schoolingYodoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244765916380830711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-54643974913589248262011-02-04T04:52:21.037+00:002011-02-04T04:52:21.037+00:00the motif is powerful; wow. the image and the ongo...the motif is powerful; wow. the image and the ongoing references to steel were quite effective for me, the pairing worked on a lot of levels of reading. <br />haunting and compelling, and a strong undercurrent of protest.Harlequinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964772119118368322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-90732874089058863842011-02-03T21:04:15.303+00:002011-02-03T21:04:15.303+00:00By the second verse I was composing a steel dissol...By the second verse I was composing a steel dissolving solution in echo (reversrever). Be back soon.Yodoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244765916380830711noreply@blogger.com