"Burn the body down / And, with it, out goes the pilot / Blue light of the mind."

— Cruz, Cynthia


Author
Work Title
Date
February 1, 2010
Metaphor
"Burn the body down / And, with it, out goes the pilot / Blue light of the mind."
Metaphor in Context
Burn the body down
And, with it, out goes the pilot


Blue light of the mind
.
Everyone said


I was pretty back then.
Maybe, way back then,


Before I began.
(ll. 35-41)
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Cruz, Cynthia. "Diagnosis." The New Yorker. February 1, 2010. <Link to newyorker.com>
Date of Entry
02/09/2010

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