"The younger machines occupy miles of dark benches, / Enjoying self-induced vacations of the mind, / Eating textbook rinds, spitting culture seeds, / Dreaming an exotic name to give their latest defeat, / Computing the hours on computer minds."
— Kaufman, Bob (1925-1986)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
New Directions
Date
1965
Metaphor
"The younger machines occupy miles of dark benches, / Enjoying self-induced vacations of the mind, / Eating textbook rinds, spitting culture seeds, / Dreaming an exotic name to give their latest defeat, / Computing the hours on computer minds."
Metaphor in Context
The younger machines occupy miles of dark benches,
Enjoying self-induced vacations of the mind,
Eating textbook rinds, spitting culture seeds,
Dreaming an exotic name to give their latest defeat,
Computing the hours on computer minds.
(p. 50, ll. 8-12)
Enjoying self-induced vacations of the mind,
Eating textbook rinds, spitting culture seeds,
Dreaming an exotic name to give their latest defeat,
Computing the hours on computer minds.
(p. 50, ll. 8-12)
Categories
Provenance
Contributed by Suzanne Morgen, searching "computer" and "mind" in Chadwyck-Healey's LION
Citation
Kaufman, Bob. Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness. New York: New Directions Publishing, 1965.
Date of Entry
06/10/2009
