a dream in which a cow is trying to eat a fish wrapped in a net using only its hooves and muzzle.
Now what was that all about?
(As if cows eat fish).
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Today, boys and girls, we’re going to look at ‘Song of the Chinchilla’ by Lisa Jarnot*. I liked the poem immediately – and I’ve given it to ...
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OK, here’s my interpretation:
The cow (from your reading of Nietzsche) represents the herd – the common, mediocre masses. The fish is one of your poems – rather slippery – its scales represent the need to “score” a poem on the page (as Levertov discusses so well). The net in which your poem is wrapped is a complex network of signs. Sadly, the poor dumb animal is ill-equipped (clumsy hooves & muzzle) to unwrap one of your poems!
Howzat?
Walrus
But is my unconscious as clever as that?
The C
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