Remains a Constant
• 287/ All he has ever known is winter— it persists eternal, complete: a rime of snow remains a constant, infinite fact—
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• 287/ All he has ever known is winter— it persists eternal, complete: a rime of snow remains a constant, infinite fact—
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I need to read the older posts I've missed Glen - I get the feeling this is part of something much larger and I'm missing something grand and profound.
ReplyDeleteI found this difficult to read.
Bleak as winter. Painful and sorrowful. But still beautiful.
There is a small connecting chain between the last five verses. I have been playing them out with the intention of going back and explaining the process in a longer post in a few days.
ReplyDeleteIn short, the old man is a fictional character, an actor in a social commentary-fable I keep playing out in my head-- which as of yet has not been put out to paper. Struggling which manner I want to use him.
I'm not as daft as I think I am, then. ;-)
DeleteI really am looking forward to your development of this.
It is a little awkward to be closely linked to a persona— in this fashion I mean; he has an extreme story to be told, but has only revealed a splinter of details to me. Which results in some hesitation on my part. We'll see what develops.
DeleteAnd that has only sharpened my appetite to hear more.
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