(urth) Babbiehorn?: Was: a sincere question mostly for roy
Gerry Quinn
gerry at bindweed.com
Fri Nov 18 08:16:26 PST 2011
From: António Pedro Marques
> David Stockhoff wrote (18-11-2011 14:33):
> > On 11/18/2011 6:40 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> >> There’s an interesting metaphor relating to a black cock killed by Pike,
> >> spraying blood over the room as if that would keep him alive. That’s Horn
> >> and his writing, I think. He searches for Silk as much as he dares (though
> >> not by sending letters, which he himself declares a farce) but if he finds
> >> him he (Horn) will be gone. When he runs out of ink he’ll be gone anyway.
>
> > Or when he runs out of paper.
>
> Or Oreb's quills.
Whatever – when he stops writing he’ll be gone. Or at least that’s how I take it. The specific metaphor used (the cock’s blood) related to ink, but a metaphor relating to paper or quills would have worked fine too.
- Gerry Quinn
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