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3-10-24 - Tiger the Lion - 03-11-2024
Edit (Duke)
no winter this year
and while the glaciers suffered--
suicides declined
Original
no winter this year
and while the glaciers got fucked--
suicides declined
Thanks Duke.
RE: 3-10-24 - dukealien - 03-11-2024
The point is clear and pungent enough, but maybe "lost out" ... ?
From where I'm sitting, it wasn't so much no winter (plenty of that in Dec-Jan, and darned frigid) as an early Spring. Which means all those averted suicides will be lining up at the gas stoves, airtight garages and overpasses "for love" in a few weeks.
RE: 3-10-24 - Tiger the Lion - 03-12-2024
(03-11-2024, 09:32 PM)dukealien Wrote: The point is clear and pungent enough, but maybe "lost out" ... ?Thanks Duke. Here it feels like winter gave up trying. Edit posted.
From where I'm sitting, it wasn't so much no winter (plenty of that in Dec-Jan, and darned frigid) as an early Spring. Which means all those averted suicides will be lining up at the gas stoves, airtight garages and overpasses "for love" in a few weeks.
RE: 3-10-24 - dukealien - 03-12-2024
(03-12-2024, 04:46 AM)Tiger the Lion Wrote:Like the edit - implies a transfer from the suffering non-suicides. Good connection.(03-11-2024, 09:32 PM)dukealien Wrote: The point is clear and pungent enough, but maybe "lost out" ... ?Thanks Duke. Here it feels like winter gave up trying. Edit posted.
From where I'm sitting, it wasn't so much no winter (plenty of that in Dec-Jan, and darned frigid) as an early Spring. Which means all those averted suicides will be lining up at the gas stoves, airtight garages and overpasses "for love" in a few weeks.
RE: 3-10-24 - busker - 03-12-2024
I feel that the 'no winter' should be the punchline.
Something like the one below, but 'suffered' and 'declined' are insufficiently poetic
the glaciers suffered
but suicides declined --
no winter this year
RE: 3-10-24 - Michaelpoet - 03-19-2024
The earth suffered, but humanity benefits. Nice piece.