Etymology
Posted: 31 May 2014, 05:11
Etymology
With grandpa’s legerdemain
infrastructures collapsed
like a seduced body slipping from its garments
and new structures emerged.
The monochromatic spinning mill
stood tallest central pivot
the painted facades of the mill-houses,
revolved around
like cottages.
The Mill was like an Emperor
the mill houses, its concubines;
Grandpa managed to keep their height at bay.
The complex stretched from the mill gates
to the sea. Almost maintain-free-and green,
with shades of grey in between.
Grandpa maneuvered the finest
painted glass windows in this bungalow,
where the arts and literature flourished.
Yarn manufactured from cotton fiber,
and we climbed all those bales
as only children are able to play.
Mismanagement by the sons, and by
the next generation a decline in productivity,
as if listening to grandpa’s command.
Despite the government
confiscating the years invested,
Grandpa retired King of Cotton.
The landscape coloring
is like a symbolic foreshadowing
With his knowledge of Tamil Sangam poetry,
the old man escaped the run of the mill,
fit to scribe his name on a manuscript.
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With grandpa’s legerdemain
parts of the building collapsed
like worn clothes
and new structures arose.
The mill was masculine
the mill-houses feminine;
it was much like an Emperor and his concubines
he managed to keep their height at bay.
The buildings stretched from the mill gates
to the sea. It was as easy to maintain;
there was green, there was grey and shades in between.
Grandpa maneuvered to get the best painted glass windows
in this bungalow, the arts and literature flourished.
They manufactured yarn, from cotton fibre
and we climbed all those bales
as children do when they play.
The mill was mismanaged by grandpa’s sons.
The mill stopped growing. As if listening to his command.
The government confisticated the mill
but he left with dignity, king of cotton,
with his Tamil and his knowledge of Sangam poetry
fit to write his name on a manuscript.
With grandpa’s legerdemain
infrastructures collapsed
like a seduced body slipping from its garments
and new structures emerged.
The monochromatic spinning mill
stood tallest central pivot
the painted facades of the mill-houses,
revolved around
like cottages.
The Mill was like an Emperor
the mill houses, its concubines;
Grandpa managed to keep their height at bay.
The complex stretched from the mill gates
to the sea. Almost maintain-free-and green,
with shades of grey in between.
Grandpa maneuvered the finest
painted glass windows in this bungalow,
where the arts and literature flourished.
Yarn manufactured from cotton fiber,
and we climbed all those bales
as only children are able to play.
Mismanagement by the sons, and by
the next generation a decline in productivity,
as if listening to grandpa’s command.
Despite the government
confiscating the years invested,
Grandpa retired King of Cotton.
The landscape coloring
is like a symbolic foreshadowing
With his knowledge of Tamil Sangam poetry,
the old man escaped the run of the mill,
fit to scribe his name on a manuscript.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
With grandpa’s legerdemain
parts of the building collapsed
like worn clothes
and new structures arose.
The mill was masculine
the mill-houses feminine;
it was much like an Emperor and his concubines
he managed to keep their height at bay.
The buildings stretched from the mill gates
to the sea. It was as easy to maintain;
there was green, there was grey and shades in between.
Grandpa maneuvered to get the best painted glass windows
in this bungalow, the arts and literature flourished.
They manufactured yarn, from cotton fibre
and we climbed all those bales
as children do when they play.
The mill was mismanaged by grandpa’s sons.
The mill stopped growing. As if listening to his command.
The government confisticated the mill
but he left with dignity, king of cotton,
with his Tamil and his knowledge of Sangam poetry
fit to write his name on a manuscript.