Post by Artaxerxes/SweetIrony on Aug 21, 2006 15:30:15 GMT -5
Alas, I didn't write it! I wish I had. And I wish I knew who did write it.
There used to be a statue in the mall in my hometown, some kind of big bronze thing that I could never figure out what it was supposed to be. One day (I must have been about 11 or 12) as we were walking in the mall, I went up to the base of it and found that poem inscribed. I read it once and loved it, and it hit me that the statue was supposed to represent the sails of a ship. I liked the poem so much I hastily memorized it (I'm not completely sure I've got it right, but I think so) but like an idiot I didn't memorize the author's name. I can't even remember if it said who the author was. Shortly after that they remodeled the mall and took that statue away.
I have been kicking myself ever since. I might try calling around and see if I can't get ahold of someone who would know either where that statue came from or what happened to it.
There used to be a statue in the mall in my hometown, some kind of big bronze thing that I could never figure out what it was supposed to be. One day (I must have been about 11 or 12) as we were walking in the mall, I went up to the base of it and found that poem inscribed. I read it once and loved it, and it hit me that the statue was supposed to represent the sails of a ship. I liked the poem so much I hastily memorized it (I'm not completely sure I've got it right, but I think so) but like an idiot I didn't memorize the author's name. I can't even remember if it said who the author was. Shortly after that they remodeled the mall and took that statue away.
I have been kicking myself ever since. I might try calling around and see if I can't get ahold of someone who would know either where that statue came from or what happened to it.