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From: "Cyrano de B." <Cyr@no.deB>
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Subject: The beads will swing (???)
Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 11:45:36 +0200
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Hi
I have a problem understanding a line in a poem by Charles Bukowski. The
poem is "The crunch".
Here is an excerpt:
*********
...
our educational system tells us
that we can all be
big-ass winners
it hasn't told us
about the gutters
or the suicides.
or the terror of one person
aching in one place
alone
untouched
unspoken to
watering a plant.
people are not good to each other.
people are not good to each other.
people are not good to each other.
I suppose they never will be.
I don't ask them to be.
but sometimes I think about
it.
the beads will swing
the clouds will cloud
and the killer will behead the child
like taking a bite out of an ice cream cone.
...
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What does "the beads will swing" mean? I must admit I don't understand. Do
the beads refer to a rosary? Or dew? Something else? And "swing"? It can
mean so many things...
Any help greatly appreciated!
Cyrano de B.
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