Saturday, 17 January 2009

• Currently Timeless Tribute: Arrangements for the Early Advanced Pianist By Marilynn Ham see related

  Earl
  
  In Sitka, because they are fond of them,
  People have named the seals. Every seal
  is named Earl because they are killed one
  after another by the orca, the killer
  whale; seal bodies tossed left and right
  into the air. "At least he didn't get
  Earl," someone says. And sure enough,
  after a time, that same friendly,
  bewhiskered face bobs to the surface.
  It's Earl again. Well, how else are you
  to live except by denial, by some
  palatable fiction, some little song to
  sing while the inevitable, the black and
  white blindsiding fact, comes hurtling
  toward you out of the deep?
  
  -Louis Jenkins

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