GRGR(14) 305.10 : ' ROCKET LIMERICKS '

[Terrance F. Flaherty]

Paul Mackin wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Terrance F. Flaherty wrote:
> >
> > The rocket is a substitute for Love, for return, for
> > salvation, for redemption, for spontaneous, serendipitous
> > discovery of the endless cycle of love and life.
> 
> A substitute for all the  things we cannot have, might one say???
> 
> Or, are even doomed preterite allowed to hope?
> 
>                         P.


Yes, for Pynchon's ironic "Minimum Grace." 

Because I do not hope to turn again
Because I do not hope

Because these wings are no longer wings to fly
But merely vans to beat the air

Although I do not hope to turn again
Although I do not hope

Even among the rocks,
Our peace is His will

And let my cry come unto Thee.