"Burn the body down / And, with it, out goes the pilot / Blue light of the mind."
— Cruz, Cynthia
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Work Title
Date
February 1, 2010
Metaphor
"Burn the body down / And, with it, out goes the pilot / Blue light of the mind."
Metaphor in Context
Burn the body down
And, with it, out goes the pilot
Blue light of the mind.
Everyone said
I was pretty back then.
Maybe, way back then,
Before I began.
(ll. 35-41)
And, with it, out goes the pilot
Blue light of the mind.
Everyone said
I was pretty back then.
Maybe, way back then,
Before I began.
(ll. 35-41)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Cruz, Cynthia. "Diagnosis." The New Yorker. February 1, 2010. <Link to newyorker.com>
Date of Entry
02/09/2010
