Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Anesthesia in Rhyme

Perhaps I'm seeing things, but I notice anesthesia references everywhere, from early 20th century poets to contemporary rock bands.

"Let us go then, you and I, / When the evening is spread out against the sky / Like a patient etherised upon a table" - T.S. Eliot, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."

"And well, he's on the table / And he's going to code / And I don't think anyone knows." - Third Eye Blind, "Jumper"

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