10-27-2010, 09:41 PM
I found something mildly erotic about the first line, and the rest reminded me of this famous haiku by Japanese master Matsuo Basho, translated by R. H. Blyth:
The old pond;
A frog jumps in —
The sound of the water.
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Refreshing as a wet flannel, meanbubbles.
The old pond;
A frog jumps in —
The sound of the water.
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Refreshing as a wet flannel, meanbubbles.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe