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"the beads will swing" (???)
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!
(Btw, english is not my first language
)
Cyrano de B.
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.
...
**
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!
(Btw, english is not my first language
)Cyrano de B.
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[nq:1]the beads will swing the clouds will cloud and the killer will behead the child like taking a bite out ... understand. Do the beads refer to a rosary?
- [nq:1]the beads will swing the clouds will cloud and the killer will behead the child like taking a bite out ...
- understand.
- Do the beads refer to a rosary?
- Or dew?
- Something else?
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[nq:1]the beads will swing the clouds will cloud and the killer will behead the child like taking a bite out ... understand. Do the beads refer to a rosary? Or dew? Something else? And "swing"? It can mean so many things...[/nq]
A bead curtain, perhaps, partly obscuring one room from another in a similar fashion to clouds moving across the sky? "Swing" would seem odd for a rosary, but you neve
A bead curtain, perhaps, partly obscuring one room from another in a similar fashion to clouds moving across the sky? "Swing" would seem odd for a rosary, but you neve
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[nq:2]the beads will swing the clouds will cloud and the ... Something else? And "swing"? It can mean so many things...[/nq]
[nq:1]A bead curtain, perhaps, partly obscuring one room from another in a similar fashion to clouds moving across the sky? "Swing" would seem odd for a rosary, but you never know ... [/nq]
Thanks for the idea. It does make sense, the bead curtain being used in hot w
[nq:1]A bead curtain, perhaps, partly obscuring one room from another in a similar fashion to clouds moving across the sky? "Swing" would seem odd for a rosary, but you never know ... [/nq]
Thanks for the idea. It does make sense, the bead curtain being used in hot w
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[nq:2]A bead curtain, perhaps, partly obscuring one room from another ... odd for a rosary, but you never know ... [/nq]
[nq:1]Thanks for the idea. It does make sense, the bead curtain being used in hot weather, then starting swinging when a storm is coming, clouding the sky... or something.[/nq]
I know someone mentioned rosaries, but there are other prayer beads, as well as worry beads.
[nq:1]Thanks for the idea. It does make sense, the bead curtain being used in hot weather, then starting swinging when a storm is coming, clouding the sky... or something.[/nq]
I know someone mentioned rosaries, but there are other prayer beads, as well as worry beads.
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[nq:1]Greek beads, Chakra beads and many other meditation beads exist. Don't you think they will all be activated in times of war and violence?[/nq]
But why swinging? I'd expect them to click, rattle, chatter, or something of the kind.
Odysseus
But why swinging? I'd expect them to click, rattle, chatter, or something of the kind.
Odysseus
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[nq:2]Greek beads, Chakra beads and many other meditation beads exist. Don't you think they will all be activated in times of war and violence?[/nq]
[nq:1]But why swinging? I'd expect them to click, rattle, chatter, or something of the kind.[/nq]
You haven't ever seen a Greek toss his beads, have you? It's regular aerobatics, tossing and catching and swinging them.
[nq:2]Greek beads, Chakra beads and many other meditation beads exist. Don't you think they will all be activated in times of war and violence?[/nq]
[nq:1]But why swinging? I'd expect them to click, rattle, chatter, or something of the kind.[/nq]
You haven't ever seen a Greek toss his beads, have you? It's regular aerobatics, tossing and catching and swinging them.
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