05-20-2011, 06:49 AM
This is a wonderfully evocative piece. The comparison of the aides' arrival to a storm is excellent; the image of them blowing papers about reinforces it with stunning grace. A great metaphor. The only quibble I can make is with the line "a disturbing indifference." Is the adjective needed?
Thanks for the read peter6
Thanks for the read peter6
"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