Stiff Drink

[tectak]

Thanks again tectak-

The interesting thing that happens when one comment is based upon another is that they reinforce each other.  In this case, both are off the mark:  

- "Hot steel" is not a metaphor.  It is literal.  Steel, within the context of this poem, would have to be hot, or else it would not be accurate.  

- "Stiff drink" is a metaphor.  It is not literal.

"Without" and "feeling" may very well be telling, but they are also literally showing (in this case, as part of a concrete poem).  

... Mark

I am over credited. I rarely comment on "meaning" (and didn't here) for two reasons. First off, if it is blatant... what's to discuss? Second, if it is obscure I cannot see how I can help by saying so. As a modus operandi it works for me...in case you wondered what I wondered I took "stiff" to be a dead guy; the drink, a bullet in the mouth; the red on the ceiling, blood spatter; hot steel, the gun. Good enough for me so no comment. If I got it wrong...well, whose fault is that
Blistered? Hmmmm.
Best,
tectak