"When I try to drown my thoughts in gin / I find my worst ideas know how to swim."

— Berman, David (1967-2019)

Author

Berman, David (1967-2019)

Work Title

That's Just the Way That I Feel

Date
2019
Metaphor
"When I try to drown my thoughts in gin / I find my worst ideas know how to swim."
Metaphor in Context
Course I've been humbled by the void
Much of my faith has been destroyed
I've been forced to watch my foes enjoy
Ceaseless feasts of schadenfreude
And as the pace of life keeps quickening
Beneath the bitching and the bickering
When I try to drown my thoughts in gin
I find my worst ideas know how to swim
Categories
Liquid Motion::Swimming
Provenance
Listening
Citation
Purple Mountains, "That's Just the Way That I Feel," Purple Mountains (Drag City, 2019).
Date of Entry
01/08/2024

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.