A heard snap, & neat, Mark.
On our TVs here, that sound is a funeral for a soldier fallen in
Afghanistan, a slowly growing number. Filling in for all the US ones
ripped away to Iraq a few years ago....
There's a conundrumic feeling here, as we, too, support our soldiers
but aren't so sure abut what they are said to be doing there, or more
to the point, why.
Doug
On 29-Mar-06, at 2:53 PM, Mark Weiss wrote:
> Carried on the wind, the distant skirl of pipes must mean
> the funeral of another Irish cop
> at the church three blocks away
> across the park. First day of
> Spring this year, regardless of the calendar--
> buds on the kinkos, purple crocuses with yellow tongues,
> daffodils, unkempt wisteria. The piper plays a reel.
> Must be a wedding. Rice. A fructifying breeze.
> Hello to sunlight.
>
>
Douglas Barbour
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Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9
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