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Array ( [sid] => 3559 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => AFTER TEN DAYS [time] => 2002-09-08 20:59:29 [hometext] => In the early 1970's I worked for the commission that runs the international bridges at Niagara
Falls. One night a young woman jumped off the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, on my watch. It took
me years come to some kind of terms with this.. This poem was part of that coming to terms.

The title refers to the grim bit of Niagara River lore that a body will found ten days after it hits
the water. [bodytext] =>
What is this that so ungainly floats
and bobs there amid the water trash?
What amphibian horror, ghastly white
in the darkling gorge, haunts the whirlpool?
This is the husk that held her in life;
that loved, cuddled warm, and was loved.
Then she knew joy and laughed; grief and cried,
'til, on a night like other nights,
she jumped into the river and died ...
[comments] => 2 [counter] => 185 [topic] => 43 [informant] => aernby [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 4 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => oops )

AFTER TEN DAYS

Contributed by aernby on Sunday, 8th September 2002 @ 08:59:29 PM in AEST
Topic: oops

What is this that so ungainly floats
and bobs there amid the water trash?
What amphibian horror, ghastly white
in the darkling gorge, haunts the whirlpool?
This is the husk that held her in life;
that loved, cuddled warm, and was loved.
Then she knew joy and laughed; grief and cried,
'til, on a night like other nights,
she jumped into the river and died ...

Copyright © aernby ... [ 2002-09-08 20:59:29]
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Re: AFTER TEN DAYS (User Rating: 1 )
by Lia on Monday, 9th September 2002 @ 03:23:23 AM AEST
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This so unbelievably sad :(

Re: AFTER TEN DAYS (User Rating: 1 )
by LJ on Monday, 9th September 2002 @ 05:47:46 AM AEST
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Wow. Great impact with so few words! Great write.

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