| Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2001 : 10 April 2001 |
Why Oh Why Don't People Still Write This Way?
As when the fisher, lost in the wine-dark wine,
Misses the slow-upcreeping siren song
Until, with a piercing note (reminding him
Of when the mermaid tangled in the nets
At last came free, and with a final fillip,
Flinging the foam full into his face,
Vanished into the deeps), the catchy number
Sets its hook--so with a fatal jerk
Ends the classical simile.
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