VL-IV (12) Memesis, Magical Realism & Parrots, 172/173, 233/226

[Dave Monroe]

> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Robin Landseadel
> <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
>> On Feb 25, 2009, at 3:17 PM, Dave Monroe wrote:
>>
>>> has anyone commented yet on parrots as emblematic of mimesis . . . ?
>>
>>        "¡Pendejo!" screamed the parrot. "Think! Double refraction! Your
>>        favorite optical property! Silver mines, full of espato double-
>>        refracting all the time, and not only light rays, naw, uh-uh! Cities,
>>        too! People! Parrots! You just keep floating along in that gringo
>>        smoke cloud, thinking there's only one of everything, huevon,
>>        you don't see those strange lights all around you. Ay,
>>        Chihuahua. In fact, Ay, Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Kid engineers!
>>        All alike. Closed minds. Always been your problem."
>>        Against the Day, page 387

... but then what about the bluejays?