Unaware of my crime
they stood me in the dock.
I was sentenced to life….
without her.
Strange trial.
No judge.
No jury.
I wonder who my visitors will be.
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Without Spike to tell us who knows. Just who gave him the sentence to life without her? The more I read this verse the more confused I become.
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To me this seems so obvious. A loved one has died (mother, sister, sweetheart who knows) but the survivor is left behind to live a life alone. Sentenced to life without her...
For all his apparent idiocy Milligan could pen some beautiful thoughts and, to my mind, this is one of them.
Jim
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dont get it
From guest rock lee (contact)
i wish i knew more about poetry. what's with the spacing? i wrote something similar about a year ago but the spacing wasnt like this. any help? -
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Who knows what Spike actually intended with his spacing and punctuation here!
For me, I use it as a guide when reading. The longer the space the longer the pause in reading. I think it gives it a quizical, whimsical feeling.
Jim
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could possibly be his wife/gf or something along those lines
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Interesting
From guest Peter (contact)
This is pure existentialism. It's like a distilled version of Kafka's 'The Trial'. It speaks a lot about Milligan's mind and his view on the purpose (or lack of it) of human existence. -
Wow
From guest Nicholas (contact)
Spike Milligan (from what i've read so far), is a really funny man, but in a really strange way. He takes (what i'm assuming is a break up or death or sumthing) and makes it funny, and sad and true all at the same time. -
This is really strange, I really don't understand it.
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