ATDTDA (12) - At Vibe Corp HQ's - Part Two

[rich]

a mistake by me--Cold Harbor is where he was wounded not in the Wilderness
but you are pbly right in any case, David

rich


On 6/28/07, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the literal reference, but I still believe mention of
> surviving the Wilderness and then three days between worlds in one
> sentence, along with "what you were saved for" is a pretty explicit
> Christ reference, and a very sharp rebuke to Foley for what he has let
> his life degrade to.
>
> On 6/28/07, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > 3. "[The latest voice Foley has to attend to says,] 'You suffered
> > > through the Wilderness and at last, at Cold Harbor, lay between the
> > > lines three days, between the worlds, and this is what you were saved
> > > for?  This mean, nervous, scheming servitude to an enfeebled
> > > conscience?' "
> >
> > Notice the Christ in the Wilderness and in the grave overtones in this
> > last quote.  The tables really have turned for Vibe now that his
> > "double" is no longer content in his role and sees his life worth more
> > Vibe's in the larger scheme of things.  Mollification of Vibe in order
> > to contain his growing murderous raging fantasies is something Foley
> > will soon not be willing to do.
> >
> > David Morris
> > _________________________
> > Grant and Lee fought the bloody battle of the Wilderness where many
> troops, wounded and unable to move, were burned alive due to the many fires
> that were created during the battle. The 'between the worlds' may be an
> allusion to these poor souls who were caught in this way.
>
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