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Comment 34 of 54, added on February 3rd, 2006 at 2:36 AM.
I think the bestial creature is nothing more than a creature. I believe he
is discussing pride. The creature is proud. He has a heart, and he likes
it. It is bitter, true. All men are bitter, but all men are proud. Is the
eating of his heart introspective? No, because he says "In the desert, I
saw a creature." He is not eating his heart, he is not necessarily bitter.
It may mean no matter what man becomes, even a gangrel creature in the
desert, he always has a heart. Whatever that may mean.
John from Canada
Comment 33 of 54, added on February 2nd, 2006 at 10:42 AM.
this poem is about eating dog poo. the dog thinks it tastes bitter but he
loves eating his dog poo, especially other dogs poo
Morgzin Richardsonz from Canada
Comment 32 of 54, added on February 1st, 2006 at 6:23 PM.
I think that this poem could possible be about a person who has lost
everything because of his own doings. The desert symbolizes remoteness and
desolation in his life, and his heart is all that he has left. He holds the
heart in his own hands as if weighing it and eats from it. And when he
likes the bitter taste of his heart, he likes it because he is taking
account for his own sins and accepts it. He judges himself by what he knows
of himself, and not by what others see of him, as it is emphasized when
another person asks him how his heart tastes.
Laura from United States
Comment 31 of 54, added on December 19th, 2005 at 5:08 PM.
Beutiful.... i analize it as a man who is bitter.. who is bitter because he
is lonely
Lori from United States
Comment 30 of 54, added on December 12th, 2005 at 9:06 PM.
The poem has a strong mystical content. In just about every religion, there
is the symbology of the desert as a place where the Sun (The awareness of
the concious mind) burns away ignorance with the relentless light of its
presence. In Jungian terms, the author is wandering (like Jesus or
Siddartha) in a place where he is confronted with the fact that his
spiritual troubles can no longer be laid at the feet of others, because the
shadow(or "satan") is the darker, or emotional part of our psychological
nature. The author, in my experience, is confronting the bestial side of
his humanity. Feel free to e-mail me on your thoughts on this
interpretation.onesckmnky@netzero.com.
P.S.: I am a hermetic/Jungian/mystical/Hanumaian
wes from United States
Comment 29 of 54, added on November 17th, 2005 at 8:43 AM.
i think this poem is about a lonely person situated in a desert deprived of
all humanily acqiutance like love encouragement happyness who resorts to
embracing his own heartly bitterness through liking his weaknesses
mike j from Uganda
Comment 28 of 54, added on November 16th, 2005 at 9:47 AM.
this poem is an expression of his love for hat makers and the trade of hats
but when itr comes to hat burning crane steps in a makes a stand for
HATS!!!!
hatmaster from Andorra
Comment 27 of 54, added on November 13th, 2005 at 3:07 PM.
I think jesse below me has hit the point EXACTLY. The desert is his place
of complete aloness, drawn away from the world that so distracts us on an
every day level. The mentions of himself (for I believe this is a
autobiographical poem) as a "creature, naked, bestial" show that he has
dropped all of the norms put in place by society and civilization, and has
gotton down to his essential, tru "humaness". The eating of his heart is
truley allowing himself to delve into his own mind, which is not sujested
lightly here considering that he choosing eating as the means (eating being
a very intimate way of intaking in something. The friend reference shows
the first sign of self acceptance, as he is abvoulsy talking to himself,
although it may be two different sides corresponding. And the heart being
bitter for me shows that he has overcome ignorant childhood notions of a
happy endning, and has come to the realization that the world isnt a very
happy place, that it is in fact "bitter". But he would gladly take his
revelation and introspective over ignorance on the fact, and thus he "likes
his heart because it is bitter". My favorite poetic composition ever.
Alex from United States
Comment 26 of 54, added on November 10th, 2005 at 6:17 PM.
just a thought: he eats his heart to remind himself that he is alive, and
although he is in a bleak, blank area, the proof of existance is all he
needs.
jordan from United States
Comment 25 of 54, added on October 12th, 2005 at 8:30 PM.
i think the poem is about envy. the creature is eating his heart out.
bill shannon from United States
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I think the bestial creature is nothing more than a creature. I believe he
is discussing pride. The creature is proud. He has a heart, and he likes
it. It is bitter, true. All men are bitter, but all men are proud. Is the
eating of his heart introspective? No, because he says "In the desert, I
saw a creature." He is not eating his heart, he is not necessarily bitter.
It may mean no matter what man becomes, even a gangrel creature in the
desert, he always has a heart. Whatever that may mean.
John from Canada