"That'll keep them brain-chained to their trees."

— Wright, Franz (b.1953)


Date
December 14, 2009
Metaphor
"That'll keep them brain-chained to their trees."
Metaphor in Context
with uncontrollable savagery. Just tell them,
You're out of my mind, pal. You're out
of my mind. Either that or, I'm out of yours.
That'll keep them brain-chained to their trees.
(ll. 13-16)
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Wright, Franz. "I Dreamed I Met William Burroughs." The New Yorker. December 14, 2009. p. 41. <Link to The New Yorker>
Date of Entry
12/12/2009
Date of Review
05/26/2011

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.