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Obviously, this piece takes a lot of inspiration from James Whitcomb Riley’s poem: “When the Frost is on the Punkin”, but, whereas Riley’s piece is a folksy ode to the wonder and beauty of autumn, and the satisfaction of enjoying the fruits of one’s labours (also like the parable of the ants and the grasshopper), there’s often also a bitter, and self-recriminating side to things as well. There is really only one way to be an ant, but there are thousands of ways to be that grasshopper, even if you’re trying not to be.
It’s also quite obvious that this piece is yet another product of depression and adult angst.
Sometimes you can try as hard as you can, and work your ass off, but a single bad decision on your part will make it all come crashing down, all your effort and work will be for naught (or worse yet, 100% for the benefit of someone else), and once again, you’re the grasshopper, rather than the ant.
Sure, many versions of the story are kind enough to give that grasshopper a happy ending, even if it comes at the price of some humiliating life lessons. Real life, however, is a great deal stingier when it comes to forgiveness. As for second chances? Well, if we’re already dreaming, we might as well continue…
A few cultural references come from the old, wartime chestnut: Loose lips sink ships, and a well-known Swedish variation, which was stated as ‘En Svensk Tiger’, which played on the double meaning of the verb ‘tiga’ (to keep silent), the present tense being ‘tiger’. Hence, it could mean both ‘A Swedish tiger’ or ‘A Swede keeps silent’. I have also referenced Styx’s 1976 song: Crystal Ball, namely the lines:
“I wonder what tomorrow has in mind for me,
or am I even in its mind at all?”
It’s also quite obvious that this piece is yet another product of depression and adult angst.
Sometimes you can try as hard as you can, and work your ass off, but a single bad decision on your part will make it all come crashing down, all your effort and work will be for naught (or worse yet, 100% for the benefit of someone else), and once again, you’re the grasshopper, rather than the ant.
Sure, many versions of the story are kind enough to give that grasshopper a happy ending, even if it comes at the price of some humiliating life lessons. Real life, however, is a great deal stingier when it comes to forgiveness. As for second chances? Well, if we’re already dreaming, we might as well continue…
A few cultural references come from the old, wartime chestnut: Loose lips sink ships, and a well-known Swedish variation, which was stated as ‘En Svensk Tiger’, which played on the double meaning of the verb ‘tiga’ (to keep silent), the present tense being ‘tiger’. Hence, it could mean both ‘A Swedish tiger’ or ‘A Swede keeps silent’. I have also referenced Styx’s 1976 song: Crystal Ball, namely the lines:
“I wonder what tomorrow has in mind for me,
or am I even in its mind at all?”
Category Poetry / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Squirrel
Size 50 x 50px
File Size 2 kB
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