10-18-2011, 04:43 AM
I think,Jack, that I begin with a blank sheet, on which have to be written some pluses for me to enjoy. So - it is not necessarily a matter of encountering things which make me dislike. If I am truthful, though, since you ask, I think there are things which make me not enjoy it, if enjoy would be the right word.
The first part, I could have said constructively, I found attractive. Once suicide make its appearance, I have a gut reaction, liking back to all those cutty people. That does not mean it could never be used, or referred to; but it is such a heavy thing, that the remainder would have to be outstandingly good. So rather as with the 'body and blood' bit, I think it is begging for greater stuff. These three things, then, (suicide, body and blood, and final line) would be the specific bits that put me off.
I read what you say about the metaphor, but do not even now see where the metaphor comes in. Finally, yes, it was a bit morose for me.
The first part, I could have said constructively, I found attractive. Once suicide make its appearance, I have a gut reaction, liking back to all those cutty people. That does not mean it could never be used, or referred to; but it is such a heavy thing, that the remainder would have to be outstandingly good. So rather as with the 'body and blood' bit, I think it is begging for greater stuff. These three things, then, (suicide, body and blood, and final line) would be the specific bits that put me off.
I read what you say about the metaphor, but do not even now see where the metaphor comes in. Finally, yes, it was a bit morose for me.