lounge (v.)
to pass (time) in lounging (usually fol. by away or out): to lounge away the afternoon.
1508, from Scot., of uncertain origin, "to lounge about, lie at full length,"
The noun in the sense of "comfortable drawing room" is first recorded 1881;
in the sense of "couch on which one can lie at full length," 1830. Lounge lizard is from 1912,
originally in reference to men who hung around in tea rooms to flirt.
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Thursday, 23 June 2011
samuel hanagid
The Prison
The earth is a prison to man all his life.
Therefore I say this truth to the fool:
Though you rush about, the sky
Surrounds you on all sides. Try to get
Out, if you can.
why would anyine want to? it's an odd wee poem this one. i know almost nothing about this guy or anything else that he wrote but for so few lines i find it keeps coming back to me
i can't.
ReplyDeleteeven if a poem or an image or a moment of ecstasy, like being in love, seem to offer transitory escapes...
why would anyine want to? it's an odd wee poem this one. i know almost nothing about this guy or anything else that he wrote but for so few lines i find it keeps coming back to me
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