"Pigsty for a brain, / Stop them [the body and soul] from making faces at each other / In the mirror!"
— Simic, Charles (b. 1938)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
San Diego
Publisher
Harcourt Brace & Company
Date
1994
Metaphor
"Pigsty for a brain, / Stop them [the body and soul] from making faces at each other / In the mirror!"
Metaphor in Context
The trouble with you is,
Your body and soul
Don't get along well together.
Pigsty for a brain,
Stop them from making faces at each other
In the mirror!
Then remove the silly angel wings
From you gorilla suit.
(p. 73)
Your body and soul
Don't get along well together.
Pigsty for a brain,
Stop them from making faces at each other
In the mirror!
Then remove the silly angel wings
From you gorilla suit.
(p. 73)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Simic, Charles. "Shaving." A Wedding in Hell. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994.
Date of Entry
05/27/2009
