03-25-2011, 05:26 PM
I wrote that line in order to underline the mundanity this poem is trying to express. I hope people don't think I was being condescending! Thanks for your kind words and feedback Billy. I'll change the "hassled" word in a mo.
"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

