i read this thread the other day and dismissed it. i thought...there is no phallic on the hejira cover. but then i went to work and pulled out the disc and looked at it closely. it is an odd appearance. perhaps a coincidence. the hand has a little bone and vein in it that really makes the thing look like a cock. and it just appears out of the road. she had to see it, even if she didn't mean it, and then chose to leave it. plus there's the penelope poem and the boom booms. like they say in ny....it is what it is. pat
