Re: Johny Crash
- From: "Marcy Trianosky" <m.m.trianosky@xxxxxxx>
- To: comptesol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, comptesol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 13:40:57 -0400
Mysti,
Your message is like a beautiful prose-poem tribute to your mother,
and to life. Thank you for posting it. My prayers are there, too,
along with Mary's, for all of us who have experienced loss--that would
be everyone, right?--but especially for you right now.
Marcy
On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 00:33:21 -0400
"LeeAnn (Mysti) Marie Rudd" <bkjl@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>Only natzo can make an accident sound funny--
>i love the bit about the bawling folks selling corn along the
>highway.
>i hope you're okay, natalie.
>by the way--
>my mother died today.
>a good thing, i guess,
>since she was in such pain.
>i prayed for her to let go--
>but then told the god of corn
>that i changed my mind.
>"too late, too late,"
>was what the wind said.
>but a beautiful rainbow rose
>across the faded field tonight,
>and a great blue heron
>(the one i've been scouting
>all week as i walk and run)
>stood on the old wooden bridge
>behind our house and squawked to me,
>"Kan du glemme hjelga norge?"
>which is Cantonese for
>"Well, what did you expect?"
>
>i am supposed to bring something
>to the funeral home tomorrow for my
>mother to be burned in (yes, she wants
>to be cremated), and all i can think of
>is her "Norwegian Chef" hat.
>Fitting, eh?
>or maybe you're thinking that a little
>gallows humor goes a long way.
>then you haven't met my family.
>i went swimming tonight--since it was
>cold here the only people at the
>municipal swimming pool were three
>impatient lifeguards and me (think
>Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-lighted Place").
> Apparently the only thing between them and fun
>was me.
>but i took my time and did my weird
>laps and flips
>and snorts and spits
>and cried underwater for the all of us.
>Love,
>Mysti
>
>
>
>i was keeping them frOn Fri, 13 Aug 2004 15:26:06 +0000
> "Natalie Dorfeld" <natalie_dorfeld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>Hola, All --
>>
>>
>>
>>So I crashed on my way home on 422. The truck in front of me slammed
>>on its
>>brakes, and I, in turn, slammed into its bumper. My grill is OK, but
>>the
>>green bug?s isn?t.
>>
>>
>>
>>Billy, my boy toy, who was driving behind me, saw the whole thing.
>> He
>>started to bawl, which started me bawling, which starting the people
>>selling
>>corn along the roadside bawling. It was like a big ol? revolving
>>Oprah
>>episode, I swear.
>>
>>
>>
>>Anywho, back safe and sound. Going to unpack next week. Be good.
>> Be safe.
>>I miss you guys already.
>>
>>
>>
>>-- Lucy (Crash)
>>
>>
>>
>>PS: Jeff, I love your poems. Mysti, the last day wasn?t the same
>>without
>>you.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>Don?t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search![1]
>>
>>--- Links ---
>> 1 http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2737??PS=47575
>>
>
>
Other related posts:
