GR translation: home to your sprung, spermy bed

[Mike Jing]

Thanks, Erik and David.


On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 10:03 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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"
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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