Up early this morning before I get my daughter
up for school -- reading Emerson's "Hamatreya":
"Ah! the hot owner sees not death, who adds
Him to his land, a lump of mould the more." and
wondering -- almost aloud-- if this poem, a variation
of "Maitreya," from the sacred Hindu text Vishnu
Purana, How Long It Will take the Alyssa A. Lappens
of Campus Watch To Reach Back Into Our History,
Asking ( no doubt pointedly): "Is this the kind of poetry
that will be of any interest even a year from now, much
less for the ages?" And-- as I wake my daughter
for school I say -- almost aloud -- Let Emerson
"and his type draw together leftist sharks and
deliberately encourage misunderstanding."
--Gerald Schwartz
West Irondequoit, New York 14617,
United States (of misunderstanding)
6:55 am
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