The Vacuum Hat

"Beetles burning on a bonfire,
Chitinous wing-cases cracking and spitting",
Who can be bothered to decode this stuff?
Illiterate alliteracy, rhymes not quite fitting.

"Bonfires burning on a beetle",
So many meanings, the meaning is lost!
Imagery's great if there's only one image;
Life as a metaphor's too high a cost.


Copyright © Richard A. Bartle (richard@mud.co.uk)
21st January 1999: vacuum.htm