Source of Pirate's Dream (WAS: Chasing...Cutting)
jbor
jbor at bigpond.com
Fri Sep 1 19:34:16 CDT 2000
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>From: kevin at limits.org
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> This isn't Pirate having a bad dream that
> could be interpreted as being about the Holocaust by a clever reader, it's
> Pirate having a dream that could be interpreted as being about the
> Holocaust by Pirate.
And, which he *doesn't*.
Yes. I like this idea very much indeed. The banana breakfast is thus
Pirate's own carnal comfort or mindless pleasure, his denial of what he has
dreamt/witnessed.
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