"Culture: a kind of knife: / cuts one way opens / your brain to a certain / breed of light shaves / consciousness to its // purpose, its cross."
— Seibles, Tim (b. 1955)
Author
Work Title
Date
March, 2014
Metaphor
"Culture: a kind of knife: / cuts one way opens / your brain to a certain / breed of light shaves / consciousness to its // purpose, its cross."
Metaphor in Context
Culture: a kind of knife:
cuts one way opens
your brain to a certain
breed of light shaves
consciousness to its
purpose, its cross: the nail
thru your hand >< your
other hand holding
the hammer.
cuts one way opens
your brain to a certain
breed of light shaves
consciousness to its
purpose, its cross: the nail
thru your hand >< your
other hand holding
the hammer.
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Tim Seibles, "Mosaic," Poetry (March, 2014). <Link to the Poetry Foundation>
Date of Entry
02/28/2018
