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Ludwig`s Powdered Arrows

by  Zettel

Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016
Word Count: 156
Summary: Wittgenstein said that words acquire their meaning from the use to which they are put and often the same word(s) can have very different meanings: he called these different uses, purposes of language 'Language Games' In turn these 'games' acquire their purpose and meaning from the shared 'Form of Life' in which they are ‘played’. As much a puzzle as a poem




Ludwig’s Powdered Arrows


What is a Language Game
Reserve that makes him shy
away from conflict
of interest
Compound and simple
minded approach to life
in the Old Dog still
waters run deep
and serious mind
the baby
of the family
resemblance between the cases
lost on the trip
over his words
of love
forty in the first game of the first set
the exam paper
over the problem
child of his time
waits for no man
the pumps
up the tire
of pointless rows
and rows of soldiers
on with determination
of the ship’s latitude
to implement the provisions
now running low
in the estimation
of the costs
the earth
wire is green
where cricket is played
the fish in a barrel
of laughs
the criticism off
and smelling high
wide and handsome
profit from the experience
is the teacher of all things
aren’t what they used to be
on top form
of life