Iron Queen

[Steven]

	Thanks.  I always wondered if there weren't some connection to the  
iron maiden devices used for torture.

	Steve--despite my bit of fun I find the level of discussion here  
very bracing, to put it mildly.


On Sep 1, 2006, at 5:03 PM, Carvill John wrote:

> Notice 'queen' is
> not capitalised, neither is 'iron' for that matter. This strikes me as
> being a typically impressionistic fragment of a dream, where you get a
> very strong sense of something that would be difficult or  
> impossible to
> relate clearly to someone else.  This sort of potent, allusive imagery

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