On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 5:14:31 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 4:52:19 PM UTC-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 2:55:14 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > No, I'm a fan of Mina Loy's poetry.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > To each his own, right?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Do you even understand her poetry?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What is her Ode to Jules Paschin poem saying to you?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > How about this passage, Will? What does it mean to you?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Pascin has ceased
> > > > > > > to flush with ineffaceable bruises
> > > > > > > his innubile Circes
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Ceased to dangle
> > > > > > > demi-rep angels
> > > > > > > in tinsel bordels
> > > > >
> > > > > It means that the artist Jules Paschin, the subject of the poem, has died.
> > > >
> > > > No, Will. That's implicit in the poem's title. I'm asking you about the above passage:
> > > >
> > > > What does "innubile" mean?
> > >
> > > I had to look that word up, apparently it is Latin, from:
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> > >
http://latin-dictionary.net/definition/23921/innubilus-innubila-innubilum
> > >
> > > Latin definition for:
> > > innubilus, innubila, innubilum
> > >
> > > Definitions:
> > > unclouded, clear
> > >
> > > > What does "demi-rep" mean?
> > >
> > >
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/demirep
> > >
> > > demirep (plural demireps)
> > > (colloquial, dated) A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress.
> > >
> > > > Who are his "Circes"?
> > >
> > > Refers to the Greek goddess, I figured, magical, somewhat witchy, untrustworthy ladies?
> > >
> > > > How is a bruise "ineffaceable"? And were it truly ineffaceable, how would it cease to be so in death?
> > >
> > > Undertakers do have a way of giving the corpse a makeover, after all... some makeup, and so on, presto...
> > >
> > > > Is she saying that he was obsessed with frequenting post-menopausal whores who would beat the living crap out of him on such a frequent basis that his bruises never had time to heal?
> > > >
> > > > That's what I'm getting from it. Let's hear your take.
> > >
> > > Jules Paschin did seem to enjoy his ladies of ill repute, he'd probably get the message of "Truck Stop Woman"... might even want to get off on Exit 19 and see for himself...
> > >
> > > :)
> >
> > So we're pretty much agreed that she's saying he was obsessed with frequenting post-menopausal whores who would beat the living crap out of him on such a frequent basis that his bruises never had time to heal.
> >
> > But don't you think this message would come across more clearly, and that the poem would make for a much more enjoyable read, if we didn't have to look up "innubile" and "demi-rep" and figure out how all mixed mythologies (Greek & Hebrew in the quoted passage alone) fit into this high falutin' word soup?
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> That's Mina Loy's style...
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> My take on the similar subject (without the mythology or big words) would be more like...
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> Truck Stop Woman written by Will Dockery & Henry Conley:
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https://youtu.be/Ww4IHVAwWNI
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> Artemis Records Presents-"Truck Stop Woman" featuring Will Dockery, Henry Conley, Gene Woolfolk , Durundo Jenkins, Patricia Suddeth, Dana Dodd, Mike Matthews, Directed by Basil Fitzpatrick and Rusty Wood, Edited by Jamie Mitchell. Audio track recorded and produced at Larry Rose Studio.
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> :)
Excellent interpretation....