Pleese excuse John
for beeng absint on
Jan 28 he was sick bak then
and Jan 29 when he was sick again
on Jan 30 he cam down with the flu
and on the morning of the 31 cud only find one shoo
on the 32nd the doorbons all fell off
And on the 33rd he died of a reel bad coff.
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Metaphors
Adjectives: new, red, shaggy, warn, dirty, torn, turqouise, hatched, sassy, fuzzy, impulsive, repulsive, plaid, dogid
Concrete nouns: laptop, shoe, alley, art, parking lot, tree, poem, ding-dong, wig, leaf, horned frog, poodle, Dr. Williams
abstract nouns: glee, fear, desperation, anger, joy, content, disappointment, love, angst, disguist, bliss, determination, power, wisdom
The warn shoe of wisdom
The hatched heart of disappointment
The turqouise ding-dong of glee
The shaggy poodle of content
The sassy Horned Frog of determination
The dirty parking lot of anger
The impulsive leaf of angst
Traveling Through The Dark
Traveling through the dark I found a deer
dead on the edge of the Wilson River road.
It is usually best to roll them into the canyon:
that road is narrow; to swerve might make more dead.
By glow of the tail-light I stumbled back of the car
and stood by the heap, a doe, a recent killing;
she had stiffened already, almost cold.
I dragged her off; she was large in the belly.
My fingers touching her side brought me the reason--
her side was warm; her fawn lay there waiting,
alive, still, never to be born.
Beside that mountain road I hesitated.
The car aimed ahead its lowered parking lights;
under the hood purred the steady engine.
I stood in the glare of the warm exhaust turning red;
around our group I could hear the wilderness listen.
I thought hard for us all--my only swerving--,
then pushed her over the edge into the river.
William Stafford
