Well, I have read the books & recognize the references (have NOT seen the film), but it was that nice touch of the final stanza that got to me in the way Fred mentioned. Doug On 8-Mar-06, at 2:21 PM, Frederick Pollack wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Knut Mork Skagen" > <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 9:26 AM > Subject: Snap, 8/3/06 > > > Adrian and his swimming pool gaze. > "Is Lucy for real?" In earnest; > he loves the cover drawing > of the two dancing with Aslan > and has to have one last look, > over and over, so he can hold it > past the threshold of sleep. > “Is Edmund real, then? Or Susan?” > > “But they’re real names, at least? > There are children, somewhere, > with names like these?” > > - kms, Trondheim, 08/03/06 > > This is quite nice. Its meaning floats free of the C. S. Lewis > references. (Luckily, because I loathe every aspect of C. S. Lewis.) > Mysterious, haunting. Needs a title. > > Douglas Barbour 11655 - 72 Avenue NW Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9 (780) 436 3320 The stars wheel over The Cross drops its image Into the watertank. David Campbell