JIM: A unicorn, huh? —aren’t they extinct in the modern world?
LAURA: I know!
JIM: Poor little fellow, he must feel sort of lonesome.
- The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams
ex.tincture
and just like the unicorn before the broken
glass horn – lonesome but with all that rainbow
light shining through; such a be-speckled prism.
shattered now on the impact of being manoeuvred by
something – merely misshapen, mishandled and now
appearing similar, no longer dis-
and in space of where the light left is just the twinge
of phantom pain.
Actually 'manoeuvred' is correct, it's english, just as Jack
Actually 'manoeuvred' is correct, it's english, just as Jack.
I'll try to clarify some stufferoos.
1. last line in second stanza, I chose to insert a dash after dis in place of similar, because I thought that two similiars in a sentence would make it too wordy. So basically the last line would translate to in layman's terms - looking similar, no longer not similar, or something like that.
2. The last line is regarding a scientific phenomenon where an amputee will still feel pain in a limb that's been amputated.
Thanks all.
Niamh I didn't care much for the play either. 
This is amazing. Great work, CL. Some parts were very confusing (last sentence in 2nd stanza), but I guess its because I've never seen the play.
Caligula's Launderette wrote:shattered now on the impact of being manoeuvred by
something – merely misshapen, mishandled and now
appearing similar, no longer dis-
something – merely misshapen, mishandled and now
appearing similar, no longer dis-
This is a perfect ode to the Glass Menagerie. I have to say I hated that play, but I love your poem.
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