As long as it stays....
Doug
On 2013-06-12, at 4:09 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> boy's been killed. A mirror fell on him
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> and was taken to hospital. Doctors
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> analysed the remains & found just dull rainbows
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> where they expected wounds and serious blood.
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> By this time, the boy's representation,
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> the body, and its memories, are dead;
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> it is all explained away, and logical;
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> but unsatisfactory. Nothing to see;
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> and voyeuristic people move along.
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> Even our reflections have started to decay
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> into accusations and assertions.
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Douglas Barbour
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