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Thursday, 13 June 2019

Ted Hughes and His Carrot


Ah! Endless portentousness!
Line after line... after line.
Deepities for every occasion
And for every damn thing.
The evil can of Pepsi
Which grins in the bin.
The lone carrot, naked on a plate.
And the symbolism... the fooking symbolism!
Every line…no!.... every word
Symbolises this, that and t'other.
Nothing is as it seems
To the uncultured.
All comes at you
Via the intermediary
Of the blessed symbol.
Teddy doesn't like direct reference
Or telling it as it is.
Each mined word
Bears a symbolic burden.
Carries its load of supersense.


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