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DarkenedOrange Junior Member
since 2008-04-21
Posts 13 |
I. Darkness--utter darkness Lights Artificial (I know the feeling) Shining like a champion over an enemy Or rather a enemy which defeats you by losing. Do I dare pour myself into this? Do I dare? Basil Hallward points and stares His picture has too much of me. I have lost my reason Like Don Quixote Living in a fantasy Chanting victimae paschalis I am the great and courageous knight I myself am the victim. II. Deathbed conversion Like none other. I awake-- to experience a real resurrection Death comes to us all; but the mighty And courageous knight Defeats that old foe with swords as thin as paper Lances as long as the brain can unwind Fantasy-- with legends, saints and miracles-- poison like fever No-- I am not a great and noble knight Zarathustra has spoken Human--utter human Imperfected beauty found within a shattered glass basket that smells a little like urine Inter faces et urinam nascimur It needs to be washed III. Who shall I give my kingdom to? I spent my last twenty dollars on a bottle of booze Dulcinea enters A haggard old witch This isn’t the first time she has shunned me My fight has just begun If only I had won If only I had one Max Bardus http://darkenedorange.blogspot.com/ |
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DarkenedOrange Junior Member
since 2008-04-21
Posts 13 |
Is it that bad? |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Maybe I just don't understand it?  I dunno lovie. I can't even figure out what's going on in here. I'm known to be a bit dim though. |
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midnightdreamer Member
since 2008-02-03
Posts 309Roy,ut |
i think i get it. on the second and thrid; is it about pretending someone who ur not? i cant really understand the first but is it about understanding the the enemy? idk. i feel like i'm not even close. great poems though......interesting words. words to wonder about. at least it is for me midnightdreamer She past you, but doesn't notice you. |
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DarkenedOrange Junior Member
since 2008-04-21
Posts 13 |
Thank you for the feedback. Obviously the poem means something different to each person. Let me offer some interpretation. Don Quixote was a story of a man who lost his reason because he spent all his life reading stories about knights. He was convinced he was a knight, when in fact he had lost his reason. In the end he has a deathbed conversion and becomes a christian. Duclenia is the woman whom Don Quixote loves. Basil Hallwarth is the painter in Oscar Wilde's only novel The Picture of Dorian Grey. He paints a beautiful picture of a young Dorian, but doesnt want to display it because his painting reveals too much about himself. Zarathustra is the name of the main character in the work of Nietzche where God is proclaimed dead and the doctrine of the overman (ubermench... spelling?) is explained. "Inter faces et urinam nascimur" means "We are born inbetween feces and urine." It is a quote of St. Augustine, refering to the baseness of human sexuality. Victimae Paschalis is a chant sang in the Catholic Church on Easter meaning "To the paschal victim (let us sing)" And Victima Rationis means: Victim of Reason. Hope this helps. Max |
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