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420: The Foot Thing

Feb 20, 2009 23:19

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gwinna487 February 21 2009, 05:17:23 UTC

Now I'm really curious why she *did* put her feet up like that. So much so that it's distracting me from seeing what the poem is actually about.

_darra_ February 21 2009, 07:16:49 UTC

i don't get it :(

shadowesque13 February 21 2009, 08:11:05 UTC

Whaaaa...? Set silverware for feet--wait, what the hell kind of reaction is that? (And why would that deter anyone?)

tulips_and_lace February 21 2009, 18:38:39 UTC

I think the feet were at a dinner table, and she was setting out the silverware. It wasn't *for* the feet, they just happened to be there and so she ignored it and set the table as usual. I think.

plotbunniofdoom February 21 2009, 10:29:08 UTC

You know, I kinda like this.

evil_twinkie February 21 2009, 11:24:57 UTC

i'm reading it as a woman coming to visit another woman, one that she has an uncertain or estranged relationship with - a friend that hasn't been around for a while, or a distant daughter, something like that? - visiting for dinner, anyway, and the narrator's response to the woman putting her feet on the table, almost a challenging, certainly not a respectful gesture, is to treat her like anyone else sitting at the table, and just put out the place settings...and somehow it works.