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Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Old Tie
by John Agard


A striped reminder
of the embers of empire.

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A nostalgic neck-binder
for a post-colonial evening.

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An emblem that divides
insiders from outsiders.

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A prop for suicide
by way of strangulation.

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An icon of Eton
worn even with the heat on.

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A signifying signpost
to the nearest pubic station.

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A crested spearhead
into male bonding.

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A formal demarcator
of respect for the dead.

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A diagonal entry
into the Royal Artillery.

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A cross-sexual accessory
of gender-bending politics.

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A Freudian substitute
for the umbilical cord.

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A subliminal throwback
to the Neanderthal club.

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In Nansi's motley wardrobe
the tie, on the other hand,

could be quite simply
a polka dot silk paddle

to row the sea of circumstance.

Date: 2007-07-02 01:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sublimevisions.livejournal.com
i imagine of the guy who created the 4 or 5 different ways to tie a tie, related to the man who created the game of golf.

either that or it was a woman who wanted revenge for bras.

Date: 2007-07-02 06:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
Those guys are related to the guy who invented the car alarm.

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