there's a canary in the mine

there's a canary in the mine
will she fly?
will she die?
will she return
to the hand that released her?

there's a canary in the mine
my heart skips a beat

my center of gravity spins,

— Kailashana, Jun 24, 2009

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Kailashana

16 years 11 months ago

Iranian author, Azar Nafisi

Iranian author, Azar Nafisi calls the women of Iran "canaries in the mine". Iran Bleeds Sharing a website from Ben: http://jobobarikan.deviantart.com/art/IRAN-BLEEDS-127020439 "Iran had a democracy before we took it away". Chris Hedges. Follow link under his name.. or http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090622_iran_had_a_democracy_before_we_took_it_away/ "There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic." Anais Nin

weirdelf

16 years 11 months ago

get the idea

but a mixed metaphor. The mine canary is never released to have the choice to return. Cheers, Jess

Kailashana

16 years 11 months ago

When we decide to fly, to

When we decide to *fly*, to take the "road less traveled", did we have a *choice*? Love. ~A "There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic." Anais Nin