Thanks, John & Douglas. I did already submit, of course. I'm just looking in advance for a defensive rationalization as to why my (searing, American) brilliance doesn't take first prize. I actually did think of the rain in Spain, like Roger, but didn't try that poem; he has captured the territory now. I think maybe a comic effort on the Donner Party will be my third try. As Oedipus and Marx both knew, farce and tragedy are practically the same--not least when there's cannibalism.
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