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Glenn Logan
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0 posted 2001-11-09 08:44 PM




   The tinkling bell so welcome in summer
   now gets no response, yet it sounds
   unexpectedly through the heavy snow fall.

   It is a night when burning martyrs
   would want to wear union suits,
   and angels would prefer fur halos;
   the brightly colored pictures of
   ice cream adorning the truck's side
   fade into ghostly pallet prunings
   before disappearing into the snowy air.

   There is a hint of murdered music
   in the fading of the tinkling bell
   until finally there is silence.
   Yet for another hour the truck’s
   golden headlights burnish
   the churning white until fading into night.

   Night falls in white billows
   as a slow curtain across a bare stage;
   sleep snuffs gladness and sadness;
   whiteness swims;
   white billows drown out all light;
   night swims, snow falls.


   Glenn Logan
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Denise
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1 posted 2001-11-09 08:54 PM


Very nice, Glenn! If I didn't know better I'd think snow was beautiful....lol
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2 posted 2001-11-09 09:09 PM


Glenn,  a little sad...but such a beautiful picture you have painted...thank you.
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3 posted 2001-11-09 10:25 PM


the title caught my attention and i just had to read this...

a couple of excellent lines that i liked.."murdered music", "sleep snuffs gladness and sadness"..i was thrilled at the slow curtain analogy as well...

thanx for sharing and belated welcome to passions!

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