Feathers

[LARSSON at vax1.mankato.msus.edu]

Andrew Dinn writes:
"that feather being America the Vamp who he always                  
believed would rescue him - and we know what colour Albatross feathers
are, don't we?] Pig presents the ghost of Slothrop/aka Rocky with
Dillinger's shirt, saying that he doesn't need it's Dumbo magic any
more. `In the Parliament of Life the time comes for a division'.  So
too, Pig makes his excuses and leaves.
 
I seen a Hand stand, I seen a rubber Band
But I ain't never seen an Elepha-aa-aa-aaant fly-y!"

I'd add the point in the Advent passage about dead bodies in the Ardennes during
the Battle of the Bulge that clutch at their medallions (I'm paraphrasing from
memory here) like feathers.  But there's no magic for these soldiers.

Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)