Hal,
This works VeryWell, esp with "practicing death," of course. To me, 'tis a
power package: the sad image of Prophecy laid upon the Innocent.
Judy
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From: "Halvard Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 9:35 AM
Subject: "Dead Man's Float"
> 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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