Tissue

• themes

  • fragility of human life
  • mans power is temporary
  • transient relationship with the world
• " fine slips from grocery shops "
• " may fly our lives like paper kites "
• " fine slips from grocery shops " / " may fly our lives like paper kites"

  • made from paper
  • not naturally powerful
  • critiques humans act of giving power to inanimate objects
  • let them control us
  • " paper kites " - seemingly free in the world yet still controlled and weighed down
• " with living tissue , raise a structure never meant to last "
• " with living tissue , raise a structure never meant to last "

  • human life - unique
  • temporary
  • futile
• comparisons

  • exposure
  • ozymandias
• context

  • tissue paper
  • extended metaphor for life
  • shows fragility yet power