There are no dead pets in the poem, though, unless we want to imagine Tom as Ezra's pet. Dead poets, maybe -- dead pets, no..... Catherine Daly wrote: > the dead pets are in Daly City, tho > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 2:36 AM, Rachel Loden > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Dear P'etceteras, > > > > De-lurking briefly to say that "Dear Possum," my riff on a > few lines from > > "The Waste Land," is at Poetry Daily today: > > > > http://poems.com/poem.php?date=14415 > > <blocked::http://poems.com/poem.php?date=14415> > > > > and will be in their archives for a year. > > > > Back under the black waves but looking forward to summer > > > > (and, I hope, being here), > > > > Rachel > > > > http://ahsahtapress.boisestate.edu/books/loden/loden.htm > > > > > > > > > -- > All best, > Catherine Daly > [log in to unmask] >