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2015, 20th century, Alan Moore, commerce, compromise, crane, duty, economics, Eddie Campbell, From Hell, Have, life, river, secret, society
the 20th century
and so everything’s for getting
and it’s business as usual as long as
the denominator remains common
enough, high and low, because it is
so much easier to re-circuit a life
at the mere implication of a switch
(no need to call ‘howzat’ anymore)
it makes certainty very difficult, even
inappropriate; some thrive in it,
most live with unanswered questions
and awful duty (well, someone’s got to
do it); but the cranes on the riverside
must
keep
lifting
askance from chapter eleven of From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
a little snippet from askance From Hell, askance from chapter ten of From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, gwn’n’avvalook
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Alan Moore & society wormhole: darkness
20th century wormhole: the dash is magnificent / the shadow grotesque
compromise & life wormhole: our whore-y little compromises
crane & Have wormhole: 1959 –– MANHATTAN –– 2012
economics wormhole: tag cloud poem VI – anyone’s eyes
river wormhole: start where you are I
mlewisredford 
M. I enjoyed this very much. Great ending. >KB
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thank you
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You’re welcomed M. >KB
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Oh, I do love this one. Especially the line “some thrive in it.” Your choice of “in” (as if immersed in some substance in petri dish) instead of “on” (as if a form of eating were involved) in particular. And those cranes along the river, failing
failing
failing
at their task.
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oh, oh, thank you, Jilanne; such close and open reading makes my heart skip a beat – you make an awful lot worthwhile: I treasure your feedback
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You are too kind. But please don’t allow your heart to skip too many beats. I’d hate to show up on the doorstep of your blog one day and you’d be gone.
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… but wouldn’t it be cool if my blog continued on without me there …?
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Yes, that would be cool—in a fiction-related way.
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