"Launch it", said Popovicz.[1]
A touch on control panel. A couple of clicks. A soft whirring. Lights blinking.
A shrill whistle. A flaming spear in the sky.[1]A surge of wind. A low, throbbing rumble.[1]
A flash brighter than a hundred suns.[2] A rain of glass shards.[3] Cries of awe and alarm.[4]
An eardrum-crushing blast. A sweeping air-wave. A flood of searing heat.[3] Screams of pain.[3] Blocks of stone coming down in a cloud of dust and rubble. The smell of melting plastic and burning flesh.[5]
Darkness.[6]
I've decided to
analyse this controversial piece of work.
[1] - All these sentences seem to suggest a highly sexual, phallic connotation. We are not informed what's being "launched" ( some suggest that the original creator meant seminal fluid ), and throbbing doesn't truly fit into a rumble ( unless it is the rumble of lovemaking ). The flaming spear metaphor is obvious.
[2] - An apparent reference to an orgasm.
[3] - The subjects in these sentences seem tor refer to the "breaking" of virginity ( possibly female, possibly by force ) as represented by glass shards. Also note the screams of pain and a "flood of searing heat". Seemingly a representation of the first sexual orgasm in a female.
[4] - Cries of awe and alarm at the "masculinity" represented, perhaps? Or perhaps the virility of the subject?
[5] - This truly brings terrifying new meaning to the phrase "burning rubber". If you do not understand and are not weak of stomach, read this:
The idea is that, during sexual intercourse, the male has "set fire to" ( possibly both literally and figuratively ) his sexual implement. It may also be a reference to the syphilis the writer suffered in later life.
- Possibly an example of post-coitus sleepiness in the male, as he falls into "darkness" as soon as the "act" is "complete".
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