HAHAHA--it's only blood you silly nurse (or, more serious reflections upon M. Python's Holy Grail)
to outgrow
to shed or
to shrink within
a skin that's
peeled back and
flesh that is red raw?
Why, I say that
some hot thing once
revealed is almost
impossible to withdraw
itself becoming ember in ash
searches out more fuel
for the fire and resists
the fading pulse
that beats then rests
inside the gushing gash.
elPintor
Thu 7th Sep 2017 01:04
Hey, Colin! I was feeling so serious last evening that I had to have a little laugh. The first time I watched that movie, I almost fell out of my chair, I laughed so hard.
I came up with part of the title after remembering an incident with a nurse connecting me to an IV. Somehow, she lost grip of the tube she'd stuck in my arm after removing the cap at it's female end and gave out a nervous laugh when it began to flail about like a tiny fire hose. Well, the rest of the title is me laughing with her.
Anyhow, the movie makes a great statement about religion and the fickle fascinations of man. Man and his myths remain archaic, no matter how modernized they seem on the surface. And, I firmly believe that the only reason the church isn't still burning people at the stake is that its violence is no longer state-sanctioned and it has to convince converts into its control rather than being able to legally coerce them through overt measures.
Hope you laughed as much as I did,
Rachel
PS
Glad you enjoyed, David.