Corrected if not better.
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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
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> From: Ken Wolman <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: October 27, 2010 8:42:25 AM EDT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Snap--"Apocalyptic"
> Reply-To: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" <[log in to unmask]>
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> APOCALYPTIC
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> 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, interminable, 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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