Haunted by Jellyfish

[monablackbird]

Oh yes, highly entertaining! Honestly, I loved reading your interpretations. And I think you're about as close as anyone is going to get to the meaning of this one. Size twelves definitely refers to a man. The fact that only his shoes can do the squashing speaks of the power he doesn't realize he already has. Though the saltwater isn't tears but more specifically male (if you catch my drift) which is why I didn't want to remove the words hard and raging even though they're rather average words. The speaker is basically interpreting the emotional/psychological motivations for the jellyfish-ish behavior.

Thanks for your analysis. I really enjoy the interaction and the intellectualizing of poetry. They're like little word puzzles to create and solve and I just love that.