I also wondered about that at first and then decided, yes, that is an interesting way of looking at death, because the power is not only shut off or severed but shattered, and then I was back into the poem and the terrible loss of such a powerful poet.
Well, I think yu're right to continue forcefully (past the power lines) into the poem's greater meanings. "Shatered" is indeed bigger than "severed"!
Gary Michael Dault
A fine, moving piece.
I don't know what "shattered powerlines" means though. "Broken powerlines maybe (I know I'm being unbearably picky here).
Gary Michael Dault
I also wondered about that at first and then decided, yes, that is an interesting way of looking at death, because the power is not only shut off or severed but shattered, and then I was back into the poem and the terrible loss of such a powerful poet.