Save Our Steel

[vagantes]

A hyphen conceives of two things together;
It resists and reciprocates, joins and divides.
Love itself is a likeness and unlikeness,
Bringing together two under one,
As an allusion will stretch to return to its roots,
By clasping together though torn apart,
And provides a precise moment of articulation,
Like a poem searching to bring elements together.

The neck is a hyphen between head and body:
Blazing with fire this town makes steel,
When the furnace goes out this town will die.
A man sits in his room in a faraway country
And decides not to buy at a certain price,
Which will break the heart of this town
As sure as the axe striking the head from
The body. Save Our Steel.

[PrinceMyshkin]

This is an astonishing metaphysical excursion, not one that I can claim to understand fully, though I feel the sway of the authoritative voice in which you present this. I hope I find the time to return to it, to see if I can unfold it better to my understanding - or be guided by others' interpretations.

[breathtest]

A beautiful poem of connectivity and separation. As well as the obvious interpretation i think this piece also shows how everything is connected in some way, even if it is not obvious at first (e.g. love and a town). Everything shares similarities if you look deep enough. And on top of that this poem is written extremely well and i adore it.

[qimissung]

Beautifully conceived; I like the way you have woven many ideas together here into one seamless poem.