"For in mind should be voidy wings choiring, not selves."

— Williams, C. K. (b. 1936)


Date
April 4, 2011
Metaphor
"For in mind should be voidy wings choiring, not selves."
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.