Depends
So much depends
on the
little nut
that holds
the wheel
on the
red wheelbarrow
(Apologies to William Carlos Williams)
Comments
Which came first, Dave, the wheelbarrow or the Williams which, as we all know, is a formula one racing Carlos. And, who is the wheel nut here?
I think a wing nut is most appropriate here. It has to be a little nut to emphasize its importance but a little white nut? You'd be thinking Tommy Steele.
I added a chicken. Some people are hard to please! :-)
Clearly more important than the one holding the handles!
The beauty of the poem is not in what it says but what it leaves unsaid.
How little is the little nut? - an amoeba is a little thing, but Luxembourg is a little country.
Is the nut a Whitworth, AF, metric? The poet rightly leaves us to make up our own minds.
Likewise, is the nut in or ex situ? - the essence of the nature of the wheelbarrow; for if it is ex situ the wheel will not function and the barrow (and its load) will have to be carried. Clearly it will no longer be a WHEELbarrow - a metaphor for life itself.
Next it begs the question 'What colour is the nut?'
And finally, WHERE'S THE FUCKING CHICKENS!!
Oh no not the red wheelbarrow again!
Indeed! :)
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Dave Carr
Mon 25th Feb 2013 06:46
Didn't the Williams team start in wheelbarrows? I heard they could change a wheel in under 4 seconds. After that the natural progression to Formula 1 was inevitable.