09-07-2012, 05:58 AM
I've decided to read only the latest revision, because I assume that that's the version you want newcomers to see. It's a very powerful poem, filled with more art and craftsmanship than Roland Emmerich's Godzilla
As this is a postmodern fable, I'm guessing that Godzilla is symbolic. Just like those nameless Japanese tourists in those hoary old movies, our bodies clog the rivers and no-one escapes death, whether it be dished out by a giant mutant lizard or time.
"Your monster fell
from the sky. Ours
have always been
beneath the surface."
This verse makes me wonder if the Godzilla angle is a metaphor for war. A bomb ("monster") falling from the sky, underground weaponry ("ours" "beneath the surface"), kind of like the fight between American and Vietnam forces. I'm no doubt woefully misinterpreting this, partly because of my stubborn refusal to read anything (including comments) but the second revision and derive my comment from that. If this approach doesn't bring you an enlightened critique, I hope it gives you the perspective of someone reading this poem for the first time.
Either way, I thoroughly enjoyed this strange slice of postmodernism, even if it baffles me at times. Thanks for the read
As this is a postmodern fable, I'm guessing that Godzilla is symbolic. Just like those nameless Japanese tourists in those hoary old movies, our bodies clog the rivers and no-one escapes death, whether it be dished out by a giant mutant lizard or time."Your monster fell
from the sky. Ours
have always been
beneath the surface."
This verse makes me wonder if the Godzilla angle is a metaphor for war. A bomb ("monster") falling from the sky, underground weaponry ("ours" "beneath the surface"), kind of like the fight between American and Vietnam forces. I'm no doubt woefully misinterpreting this, partly because of my stubborn refusal to read anything (including comments) but the second revision and derive my comment from that. If this approach doesn't bring you an enlightened critique, I hope it gives you the perspective of someone reading this poem for the first time.
Either way, I thoroughly enjoyed this strange slice of postmodernism, even if it baffles me at times. Thanks for the read
"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