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Alice
Time will heal everything,
or at least that’s what they say;
--Niska Ramkhelawan
After the White Rabbit just
disappeared, Alice paused for
a moment staring into the darkness
of the lovely lepus lair, contemplating
Time, & challenging its authenticity
within this place & moment,
out of her body in mid-dream.
Glenn Buttkus
Posted over on With Real Toads
for Kerry & her HS students, inspired by Niska Ramkhelawan--YOU
over at somewhere i have never traveled
We know she didn't branch but followed that rabbit trail.
ReplyDeleteI love the allusion to Alice, and that final line is a slam dunk.
ReplyDeleteWhat I love about this is the creativity! The inspiration line and where you went with it. It was the fist one I read and I thought... I can't do this. But then I came up with something - but nowhere near as clever.
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ReplyDeleteTime, & challenging its authenticity
within this place & moment
Having fallen in the tendency is to be lost in time. But Alice has the clear thought to pause a moment and not be overwhelmed. Reality is still maintained even in a a fairy tale here.
Hank
Very cool.
ReplyDeleteThe creativity of taking the journey to Alice is amazing. I love how you finished the piece.
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