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Wreck
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Inspired after driving past a charred spot on the interstate one morning shortly after a wreck had been cleaned up.
There's a spot out there charred to the earth that marks the site of an angel's birth. Yellow lines smeared where brakes did fail. Pieces of metal where new wings did sail. Memories crumpled, lying still on the grass. Onlookers horrified, they silently pass. Smoke lifting up and feathering in the sky. Sirens overwhelming a new angel's cry. Pinging of a radiator about to give in... moaning for life...a silenced engine... A great, dark warmth enveloping the scene making it surreal...a meaningless dream. �December 2003 Lori S. Maynard

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Reviewed by Linda Hill

Reviewed on July 8, 2004

EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT , what more can I say...
You have captured what I have thought for years
but could not put into words...
Amazing write!

~Linda

Reviewed by Leland Waldrip

Reviewed on July 8, 2004

Excellent capture of a too often event.
Best regards,
Leland

Reviewed by Peter Paton

Reviewed on July 8, 2004

Very strong shades of " The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald." ... by Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot .
Great Imagery and visuals conjured up here Lori !!

Peter Paton

Reviewed by jude forese

Reviewed on July 8, 2004

excellent visuals ...

Reviewed by No Longer Member (Reader)

Reviewed on July 8, 2004

Generally I don't like poems that rythme (no fault of yours, but a matter of my own taste) but the lines

There's a spot out there charred to the earth
that marks the site of an angel's birth.

are terrific

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