Many thanks,Rosalind. It's one of those poems that wrote itself--I just had
to tap away on the keys to keep up with it.
Kind regards,
grasshopper
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rosalind Dooley" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: [THE-WORKS] New sub: To those in the air
> Grasshopper
> So eloquently written.
> good imagery.
> thanks
> Rosalind
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "grasshopper" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 8:49 AM
> Subject: New sub: To those in the air
>
>
> > To those in the air.
> >
> >
> > I am on the ground.
> > one of the underpeople
> > who hears an explosion
> > and feels the blast.
> >
> > From above it is a puff of smoke,
> > a pepper of dust.
> > Fly away, and leave us
> > to comfort the girl who screams
> > because she cannot find
> > her legs and the man
> > who bubbles sound
> > without teeth or a tongue.
> >
> > High in the air
> > there is no smell,
> > just the sweet rush of air,
> > the neat phrases
> > on the radio.
> > It must be like having wings.
> >
> > grasshopper
>
>
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