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The Pearl

By shirley_keeldar

04 April 2006

*a wry sigh*

How good you were for me!
With you was bliss,
Your loyal eyes and your gentle bitten fingertips
took turns to tell me I was loved.

Our little bed in your little room
Was the whole world, and you
More precious than treasure.

I had it all & threw it away.
I was the base indian and
my pearl is lost to the sea.

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Hi SK
Written by BrianRobertNeal (1195 comments posted) 13th April 2006

I liked the middle stanza.

"Our little bed in your little room
Was the whole world, and you
More precious than treasure."

But I didn't understand-"base Indian".

I was the base indian and
my pearl is lost to the sea

But then I am a bear of little brain,

Brian.

the base indian...
Written by shirley_keeldar (67 comments posted) 13th April 2006

...last act of 'Othello' after Othello has killed his wife Desdemona when he is wrongly persuaded by the dastardly Iago that she has cheated on him: "...one whose hand, /Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away/ Richer than all his tribe..." Trying to convey that feeling of doing something totally totally wrong and regretting it. Thanks for reviewing :grin

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Written by IPFaulkner (83 comments posted) 23rd May 2006

I would never have gotten the Othello reference either. Personally I liked the first stanza better. I like little details and it was the bitten fingertips that did it for me.

IP

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