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"The Buick", or, "to my grandfather"

Member since 2002 · Posted 11 May 2002 · 7 comments

He sits in the chair, the one that i hate. Smoking his cigarette, he seems to me like an idling Buick. He raised an enormous hand to draw my attention to his words, to his witty snaps about life, the chinese, and how wild it was during the war.

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[7] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 11-May-02/1:35 PM Reply

Why do you hate the chair? Does it smell? Experiment.

[5] anonymous 11-May-02/6:20 PM Reply

Dark Angel has poem envy. Pay no attention to him/her/it. It's a good poem, and the first line and a half is the best line in it probably.

[5] -=SeTTle=- 11-May-02/10:48 PM Reply

I'm not a catholic, but I'm pretty sure "Buick" isn't slang for penis.

[8] horus8 22-Jul-02/4:09 PM Reply

this is the beginning of a classic for christs saKE FINISH the damn thing.. please. i'm interested now don't leave me hangingl

[10] Joshua_Tree 19-Jun-05/12:27 PM Reply

This is what free verse should be. There's a story that is being told by the images rather than exposited by the narrator, there are emotions being conveyed rather than explained, and there is a certain trust in the readers that they should determine for themselves if there are lessons, values or judgements to be made from the scene.

[n/a] deleted user › Joshua_Tree 19-Jun-05/2:29 PM Reply

I go along with Joshua partly. After the last two lines, especially because of those last lines, I'm left a bit unsatisfied. Although I realise the War itself isn't so relevant. And why change from present to past? It doesn't look too wrong, I simply wonder why.

[n/a] david › Joshua_Tree 8-Jul-05/8:48 PM Reply

Tremendously flattering comments. Thank you.