Last Stop
Last Stop
that my worst enemy
not be the barbarian’s footservant’s verse
or his easy-going memory
that I may choose
a tougher skin for my errant legs,
not one that collapses in a galloping fire
that my words come from a recognizable palace
furnished with truth, joy, and pain
that the most embellished portrait
keep me alive at the last stop of the Orient Express
¿Has visto Europa de Lars von Trier? Si te gustan los trenes como símbolos o metonimias literarias, creo que esta película la vas a disfrutar mucho.
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ReplyDeleteMe encanta el tren como metonymy literaria, especialmente efecto de la memoria. En este poema hay varios metonymy.
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