10-07-2011, 11:38 AM
The poem was based on a discussion I had with a friend in which I argued that murderers like Ian Huntley are on the same moral level as dictators: Hitler, Mussolini etc. Thanks for the feedback Bilbo. I don't like this poem much either. I find it too fragmentary and cold.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe

