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Phantagraph, v. 8, issue 3, whole 32, August 1940
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The Phantagraph Aug '40 Page 8 ****************************************************** bloated corpse." "How very melodramatic", I commented He looked pleased. "Do you really think so? Well here I go!" And there he went. But he didn't dive. He went feetfirst, and holding his nose. But he made a beautiful splash. -- DICK WILSON #*# #*# #*# #*# #*# #*# #*# #*# #*# #*# #*# #*# #*# POEM FOR THE MAN WHO DID NOT RECOGNIZE DEATH IN A SLOUCH HAT It was difficult for him to think of dissolution. He saw death in a broken branch of wild thyme or in the mad gyrations of a web-entangled fly, but never saw its sullen face in the mirror of thought. He saw death only as manifested in other things. In a narrow lane he plucked flowers that opened as years within the vase of his body, smiling when he found the snakes of dissolution under every blossom. --- DALE HART ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *** Note If you are not a member of the Futurian League may we suggest that you write to the editor of this magazine, requesting a membership card?
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The Phantagraph Aug '40 Page 8 ****************************************************** bloated corpse." "How very melodramatic", I commented He looked pleased. "Do you really think so? Well here I go!" And there he went. But he didn't dive. He went feetfirst, and holding his nose. But he made a beautiful splash. -- DICK WILSON #*# #*# #*# #*# #*# #*# #*# #*# #*# #*# #*# #*# #*# POEM FOR THE MAN WHO DID NOT RECOGNIZE DEATH IN A SLOUCH HAT It was difficult for him to think of dissolution. He saw death in a broken branch of wild thyme or in the mad gyrations of a web-entangled fly, but never saw its sullen face in the mirror of thought. He saw death only as manifested in other things. In a narrow lane he plucked flowers that opened as years within the vase of his body, smiling when he found the snakes of dissolution under every blossom. --- DALE HART ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *** Note If you are not a member of the Futurian League may we suggest that you write to the editor of this magazine, requesting a membership card?
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