10-12-2023, 04:14 PM
Hello 
I’m not 100% sure what’s happening here. I get the impression that this might be about a driver attempting to avoid hitting someone with their car, getting into an accident and then possibly dying?
If that’s what’s happening, I’m not sure the picture is painted clearly. However, I recognize that it’s a wide world and that a certain amount of opacity may have been part of the design. Even so, I found myself wishing for more clarity.
For instance:
- I didn’t understand “drum skin” at first, but I assume this is referencing the ear drum.
- I’m not sure why the balloons burst. I understand that all free-range balloons
eventually pop, but this seems to happen quickly in the timeline of the poem.
- If the narrator is avoiding hitting someone, it seems like they would try to turn, instead of trying not to turn.
- I don’t understand the cowboy. I understood his role in The Village People, but here I am lost
- The heart surge is maybe a pleasant vision before death?
I’m not 100% sure what’s happening here. I get the impression that this might be about a driver attempting to avoid hitting someone with their car, getting into an accident and then possibly dying?
If that’s what’s happening, I’m not sure the picture is painted clearly. However, I recognize that it’s a wide world and that a certain amount of opacity may have been part of the design. Even so, I found myself wishing for more clarity.
For instance:
- I didn’t understand “drum skin” at first, but I assume this is referencing the ear drum.
- I’m not sure why the balloons burst. I understand that all free-range balloons
eventually pop, but this seems to happen quickly in the timeline of the poem. - If the narrator is avoiding hitting someone, it seems like they would try to turn, instead of trying not to turn.
- I don’t understand the cowboy. I understood his role in The Village People, but here I am lost
- The heart surge is maybe a pleasant vision before death?