Frederick, I have read this poem a number of times and still it provokes
thought. The first line is a grabber; the 'folded like a prop' image is
brilliantly accurate, and the divers are evocative of readers and ourselves,
among others. Great. Andrew
2009/8/8 Frederick Pollack <[log in to unmask]>
> A Study of History
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> We have to go home and be bankrupt.
> Foodstamps, shelters … it doesn’t bear thinking about.
> So we don’t. Zelda and Scott
> had one last pricey fragrant haircut
> before they left. It’s funny how
> things once chic are no longer so.
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