"Theodicy-god has evolved now to both substance and not. / With handy metaphysical blades to slice brain meat from mind."

— Williams, C. K. (b. 1936)


Date
April 4, 2011
Metaphor
"Theodicy-god has evolved now to both substance and not. / With handy metaphysical blades to slice brain meat from mind."
Metaphor in Context
Theodicy-god has evolved now to both substance and not.
With handy metaphysical blades to slice brain meat from mind
.
For in mind should be voidy wings choiring, not selves.
(p. 58, ll. 13-15)
Provenance
Reading
Citation
C. K. Williams, "Rat Wheel, Dementia, Mont Saint Michel," The New Yorker (April 4, 2011): 58.
Date of Entry
04/04/2011

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