Sunday, November 10, 2019
Reaper
I've heard people talk about Death stalking us, and that has a ring of
truth to it, but it's not that simple. The stalking metaphor suggests
that Death hunts us, tracks us, like it doesn't know where we are. I
don't think that's true. Death doesn't stalk and pounce on us. Death
herds us. Death harvests us. That's why it's drawn with a scythe instead
of a bow. No turn we take is a mystery to Death, because, whether we
see it or not, it left us no other path.
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Robert Frost?
ReplyDeleteAs far as I know, just me.
Delete"Death harvests us. That's why it's drawn with a scythe instead of a bow. "
ReplyDeleteGreat, now I'm going to have nightmares about threshing floors...
Hey, at least it's a break from the "inexplicably back in school and about to take a test" ones.
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