Great beauty and great force. This seems like a new voice for you.
Ken
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Ken Wolman http://awfulrowing.wordpress.com/
"All writers are hunters, and parents are the most available prey."
--Francine du Plessix Gray
On Dec 29, 2010, at 1:56 PM, sharon brogan wrote:
> 1. The Dead Man and Memory
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> The dead man isn’t dead yet, he is remembering.
> He has made promises he has not kept.
> He has made vows he has broken.
> He is sure of this, but what promises, what vows?
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> The dead man forgets where he is.
> This is a foreign place.
> He does not speak this language.
> Where has he come to?
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> The dead man mobilizes his antagonisms.
> The dead man sends out his soldiers.
> The dead man is well-defended.
> The dead man believes in an organized offense.
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> The dead man retreats behind the lines.
> He is putting on his armor.
> He is lifting up his shield.
> He is anchoring his helmet.
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> He is thinking about memory.
> Its unreliability, it’s elusiveness, its dangers.
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> 2. More About the Dead Man and Memory
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> Perhaps the dead man actually is dead.
> The dead man cannot see the moon.
> The dead man remembers the moon.
> It’s variability, it’s moods, how it measures out time.
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> How it moves from abundance to scarcity.
> And back again, from sliver to full light.
> Long Night Moon, Wolf Moon, Cold Moon.
> The dead man remembers shadows.
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> Memory is a constellation.
> What invisible force holds it together?
> The dead man believes in rigor.
> Gravitas, gravity, grave, is he dead yet?
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> The dead man feels that force pressing against him.
> The weight of his terrible errors.
> The dead man remembers the sky.
> How the moon falls into shadow.
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> How it turns red and sullen.
> How it both vanishes and flares.
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