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January 3, 2010, 3:55 pm
Filed under: random | Tags: david ignatow, emily dickenson, john vanderslice, music, poetry

The Surpise:

I Killed a Fly

by David Ignatow

I killed a fly

and laid my weapon next to it

as one lays the weapon of a dead hero

beside his body—the fly

that tried to mount the window

to its top; that was born out of a swamp

to die in a bold effort beyond itself,

and I am the one who brought it to an end.

Tired of the day and with night coming on

I lay my body down beside the fly.

Remembrance 1:

I heard a Fly buzz – when I died – (591)

by Emily Dickinson

I heard a Fly buzz – when I died –

The Stillness in the Room

Was like the Stillness in the Air –

Between the Heaves of Storm –

The Eyes around – had wrung them dry –

And Breaths were gathering firm

For that last Onset – when the King

Be witnessed – in the Room –

I willed my Keepsakes – Signed away

What portion of me be

Assignable – and then it was

There interposed a Fly –

With Blue – uncertain – stumbling Buzz –

Between the light – and me –

And then the Windows failed – and then

I could not see to see –

Remebrance 2:

If I live or If I Die

by John Vanderslice

little fly
your summers play
my thoughtless hand
has brushed away
and ended your day

am I not a fly like you
are you not a man like me
oh I dance and drink and sing
till some hand tears off my wing

if thought is life and strength and breath
and the want of thought is death
then am I a happy fly?
if I live or if I die

Result: Memory is linear?

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