Monday, April 14, 2014

Consumed, One Way Or Another Comments

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when the war of man vs. food is done
it's hard to tell, by whom its been won
green soldiers lie fallen like broken statues
as their murky fluids surround them
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Nika McGuin
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Patricia Grantham 19 April 2014

We should eat to live and not live to eat. Sooner or later just like fruits and vegetables we are devoured. A never ending cycle of life. Good.

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Daniel Brick 18 April 2014

Your comment shows how the figurative language created a tight web of incidents showing eating habits in stark detail. I didn't fully understand the players in the opening battle scene but I understood the conflict. (This section is, in part, a narrative poem, and your telling of the story works so well, you might like to try your hand at a narrative poem. I did get the closing of poem with the living generations on earth - vegetable and animal - all careening toward the same fate which is CONSUMPTION - The Fate of the World.

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Valsa George 15 April 2014

Those who plant may not reap always... It is the progeny that enjoys the benefits.... The fruits of the sweat and labour of our parents and forefathers, now we consume without much thought for them... A metaphorical write, Nika! ! Enjoyed!

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