tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post3178159848233124021..comments2024-02-24T15:58:56.712-08:00Comments on The Good Typist: To Those Who Are Rigid in the WaterKristen McHenryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03467256747399406710noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-43248002631022376732012-07-27T01:44:33.526-07:002012-07-27T01:44:33.526-07:00I love this extended metaphor. It provides the ant...I love this extended metaphor. It provides the antithesis to Stevie Smith's famous 'Not Waving But Drowning' -<br /><br />Nobody heard him, the dead man, <br />But still he lay moaning:<br />I was much further out than you thought <br />And not waving but drowning.<br /><br />Poor chap, he always loved larking<br />And now he’s dead<br />It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way, <br />They said.<br /><br />Oh, no no no, it was too cold always <br />(Still the dead one lay moaning) <br />I was much too far out all my life <br />And not waving but drowning.Dickhttp://patteran.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-64273914641962805132012-07-10T07:22:29.609-07:002012-07-10T07:22:29.609-07:00Thank you, Kristen. As always, you get to the hear...Thank you, Kristen. As always, you get to the heart of the matter.Jo-Annhttp://www.theinterdependentlife.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com