We're getting into trivialities,
^^^^^ CB: Been into trivialities on this thread
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but _The Hollow Men_ is just a dull poem.
^^^^ CB: The tone, the form, fits the substance. Hollow men are dull.
Or expresses alienation.
I used to recite it while working in a Chrysler plant. Then years later I found someone else who recited it while working in an autoplant , too.
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(From memory):
Yet say this to the Possum With a bang, not a whimper, ....
^^^^^ CB: From memory , This is the way the world ends, this is the way the world ends, this is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper.
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Pisan Cantos
Or perhaps it reads:
With a bang, not a whimper, with a bang
It's been awhile since I read it.
^^^^ CB: Me too, but I memorized it, so, it's like an old Xmas song or something.