Bleak. But that's a killer ending! Great - Andrew
On 27 October 2010 20:42, Ken Wolman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> APOCALYPTIC
>
> Apocalypse is not sudden--angels with flapping wings or
> trumpets, the earth opening to swallow the damned.
> It is daily life, one day like the one before,
> the one that follows, intiminable, a theme
> without variations. A trip to the market
> breaks the tedium. Is that all for which we can hope?
> Not death: best not aim too high only to find eternal tedium.
> Just sameness. Salvation and damnation in one motion
> and the market cashier smiling, holding out her hand.
>
> KTW/10-27-10
>
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Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
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