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From: MSN NicknameneverCominHome  (Original Message)Sent: 11/17/2007 4:58 AM
Dante in Detroit
 
 
Damn the cold
                Damn the tears
                                    Damn it all
 
Winter has its fingers deep in the earth�?BR>                  father winter raping Mother spring
                                    She weeps ice.
 
He thought his guide made the wrong turn
                “Shouldn’t we head north on I-75?�?BR>                                   Wry half-grin responds
 
In pursuit
                They journey to 8-mile�?/DIV>
 
Bulleting through streets he
Exclaimed
Abandon hope you who enter here�?BR>They heard his
Resounding echo�?BR>Iced into place,
Cynical, used they
Embodied his cry.
 
She wasn’t there
                 Couldn’t reside amongst the half-dead
                                  Rotting two faced creatures masquerading as
 
People
 
His guide pungent, spotted with earth filth
                 Offered to take him further
                                  Until the veil lifted…vision clarified�?/DIV>
 
No inverted funnel
                 No upside to this down shit
                                  Dante had come to Detroit.
 
April 8, 2003
jlh
(Michiganders will recall the horrid ice storm that early Spring...)


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From: MSN NicknameBellelettresSent: 11/17/2007 2:51 PM
Wow, Jen! How did you write that? I want some of what you were drinking.
 
"Bulleting through streets"
 
"They heard his
Resounding echo�?BR>Iced into place,
Cynical, used they
Embodied his cry."
 
(I love that "cynical, used." That "cynical, used" describes the human condition.)
 
"She wasn’t there
                 Couldn’t reside amongst the half-dead
                                  Rotting two faced creatures masquerading as
 
People"
 
Who is "she"? Beatrice? I have to tell you that with those lines you make Michigan during an ice storm sound like Texas in the summertime.
 

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From: MSN NicknameneverCominHomeSent: 4/6/2008 12:27 AM
Belle...see the acrostic? (I took a cue from Poe on that one...he's such a trickster)

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From: MSN NicknameblueeyedpupilSent: 4/6/2008 1:25 AM
Boy jen you really captured the moment. i dont know how to express how great i thought that was.

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From: MSN NicknameneverCominHomeSent: 4/6/2008 2:01 AM
Thanks Blue...you remember that horrid ice storm don't you.  We had to move out of our house...it was BAD BAD BAD

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From: MSN NicknameBellelettresSent: 4/6/2008 3:14 AM
I didn't see the acrostic! How about that acrostic!

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From: MSN NicknameblueeyedpupilSent: 4/6/2008 3:04 PM
I do remember it but i have to admit it paled in comparison to one we had in 75 or 76. That one was terrrible. But any bad ice storm is horrible. I dont think the one youre talking about, was as bad for us as our power didnt go out. the one in the 70's the power was out about 5 or 6 days. We were lucky we had a real fireplace.

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From: MSN NicknamePikesPeak14110Sent: 4/17/2008 2:01 PM
Very thoughtful and creative.

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