Miss Miriam's Mirror: On Thin Ice

Thursday, December 6, 2012

On Thin Ice

Not quite ready for the icehouse.

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Estancia De La Ding DongDecember 11, 2012 at 1:49 PM
I don't blame you. We're getting spoiled in the east right now, but the warm weather probably won't last much longer.
I don't mind the cold and snow that much. It's a good excuse to stay in a not doing anything...ha! As if I need an excuse :)
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MissMiriamDecember 11, 2012 at 2:39 PM
We are probably going fishing this weekend. We will have plenty of hot toddy and be out of the wind in the nifty little icehouse.
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POET'S CORNER

At the Cottage of Messer Violi
by Paul Violi

The mailbox, painted dark blue,
sits atop a tilted cedar post.
It has a little red flag on one side
and it is altogether remarkable.

The Toyota in the driveway
is very old and is said
to have come from Japan.

There is in the hallway
an immense dogfood bowl.
It is made of iridescent pink plastic.
It is, as I have said, immense
and it is hideous.

In the kitchenette is a statuette
of Ceres, Goddess of Wheaties.

The dishwasher is a Kenmore
and altogether worthy of praise.

In the foyer the over-sized painting
of a porkchop provides
visitors many opportunities
for conversation.

In the servants' quarters
there are many impressive works
that stress the imminence of death
and the probability of hell fire.

Placed on the broad maplewood table
beside bottles of cognac
there is a recording device
with a silver megaphone
into which natives are often
invited to shout
the oral histories of their people.

We whose hearts have been gripped
by life, scoff at the idea of art

as mere ornamentation: So they
seem to proclaim,
the three statues that adorn
the neighbor's lawn, plaster deer
with real bulletholes in them.