Miss Miriam's Mirror: Swing Low

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Swing Low

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MissMiriamMay 30, 2013 at 11:43 AM
This cable car crossed the river. It is used for transporting supplies across the river during fire-fighting season.
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Estancia De La Ding DongJune 4, 2013 at 10:49 AM
Glad you explained... at first, I thought it was a hunter's perch.
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MissMiriamJune 4, 2013 at 11:05 AM
The second photo shows the line going across the river over to the other road. I wish I had thought to get a photo of the other platform although it was right on the side of the road. It had a really old wooden cart that went across from that side.
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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.