GR translation: home to your sprung, spermy bed

[Erik T. Burns]

I agree with Mike that I would read "sprung" here as "broken" or "sagging"
even though the current definition of a "sprung mattress" is a fancy one
with springs inside, or a box bed with springs, or whatever. I think that
"sprung, spermy" bed is .... thoroughly used, past the breaking point. the
"sprung" being more like "sprung a leak" or "spring is sprung"



On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 1:27 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> That's what I thought. However, the published translation interpreted it as
> "having loose springs", and I found such a definition in Webster’s New
> World College Dictionary:
>
> *sprung* *adj. 1* having the springs broken, overstretched, or loose
>
> It actually seems to fit the context better. Does this definition make any
> sense here?
>
>
> On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 7:19 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Endowed with springs.
> >
> > On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 7:02 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> V51.22-26, P52.18-23   A thousand children are shuffling out these doors
> >> tonight, but only rare nights will even one come in, home to your
> sprung,
> >> spermy bed, the wind over the gasworks, closer smells of mold on wet
> >> coffee
> >> grounds, cat shit, pale sweaters with the pits heaped in a corner, in
> some
> >> accidental gesture, slink or embrace.
> >>
> >> What does "sprung" mean here?
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