01-28-2017, 10:53 PM
Thanks for the feedback! Actually, "wheel", "line", and "dutiful" are all there since this was written, in part, as a response to this: http://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-17819...98050.html ; both are special cases in that I don't normally write about topics closely related to my field of study. I've never really given much thought to the term "dutiful" in either case, but I think contrasting between the messages of the two pieces could help in providing it meaning. And it is interesting, that you note "line" as possibly political -- "and the dutiful scientist gives/asks" could easily pop, under such a mindset.