tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post7297403644114917114..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: Owe Naught to Any Single CordUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-81432730195810768372010-11-19T19:40:36.808-05:002010-11-19T19:40:36.808-05:00Yes, and also, the homonym on "guys" and...Yes, and also, the homonym on "guys" and "guise."BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-41195914124777875802010-11-19T09:13:43.016-05:002010-11-19T09:13:43.016-05:00“...those few of the few of you who read this blog...“...those few of the few of you who read this blog who read the poems I post are reading them out loud, yes?”<br /><br />Yes, yes, of course! And everyone also realizes that “guys” here is a verb, plus a double-entendre. And which meaning you privilege-- 1)"to steady or reinforce(as a vertical structure)or guide (as an object being hoisted) with a guy", or 2)to make fun of: ridicule often lightly or good-humoredly" (both from Webster's Third International)--depends on whether you followed instructions and did the Plumbline dance. The clue there is in the lyric "doesn't mean a thing."Frances Madesonhttp://www.booktour.com/author/frances_madesonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-16133819590850704832010-11-19T09:10:57.161-05:002010-11-19T09:10:57.161-05:00Dancing's only for stars.
Out loud? Bien sûr....Dancing's only for stars.<br /><br />Out loud? Bien sûr. Duh. It IS poetry, after all.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.com