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Transfixed (#2) (Free verse) by Christof

A broken spine of cloud above me Barely winds across the sky, A sky so clear that space can see us Like a speck upon an eyeball. What wind there is Wraps your clothes against you The long grass moulds you in its cup. How definite you seem As you lean across me cross-wise And lower your face, and the broken spine Is fixed somewhere above Kilburn. I think how this transfixion must look from space.

Nicholas Jones 27-Sep-02/3:38 AM
Yes, Orwell is being ironic, and it demonstrates the obsession of the character with money. It's not meant to stand as a poem in its own right, but parts of it are surprisingly good. Orwell always wanted to be a poet but was rubbish at it.




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