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Re: Johnny
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- Subject: Re: Johnny
- From: "Douglas W. Corkhill" <dwcatty>
- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:27:48 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
- Cc: li_lightfoot
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- Reply-to: "Douglas W. Corkhill" <dwcatty>
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>From: Li Lightfoot
>
>considering that Patti is first a poet, "sperm coffin" makes a lot of sense. 'Sperm' being the seed of life and a 'coffin' being the abode of death... well, there is a certain internal symmetry there, don't you think? just the sort thing a great poet might envision. very skillful. very apt. and I do believe it says,
>
> "life is filled with holes and Johnny's laying there in his sperm coffin
> Angel looks down at him and says "ah pretty boy...."
>
> seems pretty clear it was meant to be "coffin" as "Complete" has it.
Li,
I love the symmetry, the symbolism, and the skillful writing. Yes, sometimes we forget Patti is a poet first. I agree with you. I had never thought of it as "coughin'" before this thread.
Doug