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0 posted 2005-09-14 08:06 PM



The Funeral

Oh see how
comes the zoo man;
comes, torching hair from
off the elephant’s back…

The buttresses shore up
stone-thin walls where
They come; led by, leading
monkey suits, the suits
with stained glass eyes…

…how comes the zoo man;
comes, torching hair…

…while It rolls by, with
stained glass all around
and Chevy emblem blatant
on the long black…

…the hard to leer at hair
from off the elephant’s back…

…the rows where soft walk ushers,
rows where walk soft ushers,
monkey suited, eye red ushers…

Oh see how…

…another one drops into the ground;
soft marble and hard eyes
to weigh him down, with
a modified Chevy emblem…

…comes the zoo man,
comes…

…and the two shall become one…

Oh see how comes
the zoo man with the
red stained glass eyes,
how he torches…

…how the zoo man
torches hair from off
the sad, brown elephant’s back…

© Copyright 2005 Ed Ratledge - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2005-09-14 08:08 PM


This a poem that I wrote a LONG time ago....in 1968 to be exact....and posting now out of pure cantankerousness (is that a word??)-- and because I just ran across it in an old notebook!

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2 posted 2005-09-14 09:09 PM


And you recognized it? Cool find and thanks for sharing. So you were what, 10 years old?

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

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3 posted 2005-09-14 09:18 PM


Ed...I'm so glad you posted this!  It is so sad that they treat that magestic animal in such a way.  I had no idea until you told me.  Thanks!  
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4 posted 2005-09-15 05:22 PM


In some ways, knowing this was written a long time ago makes it even more impressive. For I've watched your talent grow exponentially over the last few years... but it was obviously immense to begin with! *S*

The way you weave the scenes magnifies the power and poignancy of each ritual even as you expose the harshness.

Superb work, my friend. *S*


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