Pentecost
Andrew Dinn
andrew at janus
Thu Jan 30 03:48:00 CST 1997
hankhank at ccwf.cc.utexas.edu writes:
> Your references to Whitsunday or Pentecost prompted me to think a new
> meaning (to me at least) of this "50th" so important to _Lot 49_, too.
...
I've been wondering for a long time whether the title refers to Lot as
in the pillar of salt/march into the wilderness/sleep with your
daughters/weep bitter tears Lot. Can anyone see a connection which
explains the `49'.
Andrew Dinn
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And though Earthliness forget you,
To the stilled Earth say: I flow.
To the rushing water speak: I am.
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