GR translation: home to your sprung, spermy bed

[David Morris]

The context implies broken and used up

On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 9:17 AM Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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"
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> 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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