Thanks, Peter.
Hal Art & Plastic Surgery
Halvard Johnson
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On Jul 4, 2005, at 3:04 PM, Peter Ciccariello wrote:
> Nice Halvard, I like that, and remember being there:
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> "arms out. legs out. face
> in the water, holding my breath"
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> -Peter Ciccariello
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 09:35:56 -0400
> Subject: "Dead Man's Float"
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>
> Dead Man's Float
>
> milwaukee, wisconsin. sometime
> near the beginning of the war.
> a 4th of july parade, amid news
> paper reports of bodies found
> dismembered, dumped in trashcans
> along the lake michigan beaches.
>
> we decorate our tricycles
> with fireproof red white & blue
> streamers. we pump along the route,
> waving our flags, grinning
> at patriot parents. later
>
> that summer i fell in a lake
> & survived. my too-old-for-the-war
> uncle began to teach me to swim.
> arms out. legs out. face
> in the water, holding my breath:
> learning to live, practicing death.
>
>
> Hal
> Halvard Johnson
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