and now for the poems that make john mad

a buck, a beer, or a burger to the person who can help me understand this one....creeley's amazing, but i'm a bit lost.

She Went to Stay

Trying to chop mother down is like
hunting deer inside Russia
with phalangists for hat-pins.
I couldn't.
-Robert Creeley

i think i get it, but i'm not sure. where's my favorite old proffesor
billy joe harris when you need him? kansas, but that's beside the
point.