[lit-ideas] Re: Cheap nano geese
- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 18:35:44 -0500
Andy: (commenting on Snodgrass's poem)
>> This is, like, bizarre. Maybe you love it and are dumping it on me? I sure
>> don't love it. I don't even like it. In fact, I hate it. <<
You hate it? But it's you. It's the most pessimistic, depressing poem I've
ever read. It's pure you, you the one who sees nothing in humanity but
violence and stupidity.
Actually, I do love the poem. I love the kick in the balls that comes from the
juxtaposition of the ideas that all values depend first and foremost on the
desire to exist, with the idea that from that value comes the terribly ironic
world summed up in "what evil, what unspeakable crime have you make your life
worth?" It sends chills down my spine. Human beings are astonishing
creatures, the complexity of our lives surpasses all description. Yet you
would dismiss us all as "stupid", that too astonishes me. I guess that
confirms you're human. : )
Mike Geary
Memphis
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