hoping for magic
a stolen calf heart
inside the snowman
a stolen calf heart
inside the snowman
posted by eric l houck jr at 7:31 AM
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
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- Name: eric l houck jr
- Location: here, and there, United States
picture book author . . . story-weaving wanderer . . . book-sharing vagabond
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3 Comments:
The folks at LSSU just put "surreal" on its Banished Word List, but this haiku is surely surreally surreal. I don't want to be there when the snowman melts.
Surreal indeed, and sublime too
real. not surreal. does it resemble the childhood of the mountain-man in the movie Deliverance? welcome to my world . . . :)
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