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Harborcoat
A coat that serves as refuge. [Ron Henry]
"Lenin"
Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov (1870-1924),
better known as Lenin, leader of the Russian Revolution (1917)
and introduced (his brand of) Communism to the Soviets. [Chris Piuma]
"Metal shivs on wood"
The dictionary says "shiv"
is a Gypsy [and prisoner] term for a small knife. [Ron Henry]
* I always thought the definition included any long, thin piece
of metal. As such, couldn't "metal shivs on wood" be
train tracks? [billg3man]
"There's a splinter in your eye"
This alludes to the Biblical proverb,
Luke 6:41: "Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's
eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?"
[Ron Henry]
"the statues for harboring ghosts"
That is, the memorials to dead
heroes. [Ron Henry]
"Reddened their necks"
Perhaps a pun on "rednecks",
a disparaging term for Southern white rural laborers (or their
ilk); also perhaps "red" as in "Communist".
[Chris Piuma]