Re: IVIV (1) "Uphill and invisible… p4

[Mark Kohut]

A---And, cars replacing natural wildlife....

--- On Thu, 8/27/09, Doug Millison <dougmillison at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Doug Millison <dougmillison at comcast.net>
> Subject: IVIV (1) "Uphill and invisible… p4
> To: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Thursday, August 27, 2009, 3:51 PM
> "Uphill and invisible, traffic out on
> the boulevard to and from the freeway uttered tuneful
> exhaust phrases which went echoing out to sea, where the
> crews of oil tankers sliding along hearing them, could have
> figured it for wildlife taking care of nighttime business on
> an exotic coast." p4
> 
> This wouldn't feel out of place in a Chandler novel.
> 
> Love the way the parallel structures carry me away:
> 
> …out on the boulevard…
> …out to sea…
> …on an exotic coast.
> 
> Disclaimer:  Our family had a dog we kids named
> Tuneful, back in that early 1960s day, for her musical
> talents.
> 
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