"What suffocates the land / In the memory of a garbage can / Memory of a garbage can?"

— Bird, Andrew (b. July 11, 1973)


Date
2005
Metaphor
"What suffocates the land / In the memory of a garbage can / Memory of a garbage can?"
Metaphor in Context
Memories, like mohair sweaters,
Stretched and pilled faux distressed letters;
Moose's horns and figure eights,
White plastic bags in search of mates.
What suffocates the land
In the memory of a garbage can
Memory of a garbage can?
Provenance
Listening
Citation
Andrew Bird, "The Naming of Things," Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production Of Eggs (Righteous Babe, 2005)
Date of Entry
02/07/2018

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