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Scarecrow - -J- - 08-02-2016
(Tune in my head: Gene Severens - Scarecrow, Michael Severens arrangement)
With its arms outstretched towering
Imbued with a specter --
I see crows cowering
before this stone-faced protector.
Whose crops are these within the field below?
Do they belong to the farmer
who I will never know?
Mercurial and unforgiving
was the carpenter who built that scarecrow
clad in graven armor.
He never truly knew his subject
or the people he fed with this field's crops
sharecroppers mocking his object.
No -- it belongs to the aphid
whose feeding never truly stops
while untended crops go rancid.
You ask me to contort
in praise of an in absentia sculptor --
But what happens when I cannot support
this twisted crumbling Cristo Redentor?
RE: Scarecrow - Sharp - 08-02-2016
Even before that final line, I had an image of Rio de Janeiro in mind, with The Redeemer 'watching' over the city. And all the while beneath his blind gaze, evil devours what goodness remains. And as this goes on, the corrupt authorities siphon public money into their own accounts, allowing the city to fall into ruin.
Then I read the final line, and nodded to myself.
RE: Scarecrow - -J- - 08-02-2016
(08-02-2016, 05:50 PM)Sharp Wrote: Even before that final line, I had an image of Rio de Janeiro in mind, with The Redeemer 'watching' over the city. And all the while beneath his blind gaze, evil devours what goodness remains. And as this goes on, the corrupt authorities siphon public money into their own accounts, allowing the city to fall into ruin.
Then I read the final line, and nodded to myself.
It's funny... I was inspired by The Redeemer for sure, but once again I think my mind veered off into something completely different, with plenty inspired by the music link I posted (and the man behind the original tune as well).
RE: Scarecrow - Sharp - 08-02-2016
Well, whatever the 'intended' meaning (if you even had one by the end), I enjoyed the metaphor.
