White Ashes Comments

If you feel that way about the 'human condition', [and I'm not saying you shouldn't], then maybe it would be better to just not wake up ever again. Amen to that. ; ( bri : )

3 - Hey, Rod, how about a Poet's Notes next time? i NEED HELP here. :) but, despite my big unanswered question [who/what], i plan to send this to MyPoemList. it is a very engaging piece for me and has fine flow to it. bri :) p.s. more research: from Hosea 8: 7 from the Bible " ...reap the whirlwind"

2 - i did some online research about Calvinists' beliefs, finding an interesting reference to T.U.L.I.P. [see poem line 21]. i like the poem, but it may be too symbolic &/or sophisticated for me to understand WHO/WHAT is meant by " you" in the poem's first line. [let me guess: A 'conglomerate of drug companies' which planned to develop (or had?) pills etc. to make food crops and flower gardens 'unnecessary'? ]

stanza 1: " tiller man" : a farmer/gardener? 1 - some 'words' unfamiliar to me: stanza 1: " tiller man" : farmer/gardener? stanza 3: " pall" : 2 " a dark cloud or covering of smoke, dust, or similar matter" stanza 5: necromancer: 'a magician or wizard' [ necromancy: 'the supposed practice of communicating with the dead, especially in order to predict the future']