Many thanks, Kenneth. I can't say I specifically had Die Walküre in mind,
but I was factoring in some Icelandic forerunners of that.
Hal
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On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Halvard Johnson wrote:
>
>> Saga Sonnet
>>
>> These events took place in the United States of America
>> a long time ago, in that dark age between the reigns
>> of Lingnar the Flat-nosed and Umnox the Lame-brained.
>>
>> In those times, weeds were allowed to run wild, liars
>> and braggarts held forth on all sides, and everyone, without
>> exception, was tall and handsome and blonde. To come
>>
>> to blows one had only to smile in the direction of another.
>> Custom decreed that house-guests be slaughtered as they
>> slept, so the strongest among us were most insomniac.
>>
>> Our women bore children to men not their husbands, to those
>> even blonder men who came to visit, but not to stay for long.
>>
>>
>>
>
> This really is a marvel. It combines elements of Die Walküre with life in
> the present. I didn't think such a thing could be done.
>
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