AtD: Heart of Darkness

[Mark Kohut]

A city named after the 'discoverer' of America. 
Goodbye, Columbus.

From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
To: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> 
Cc: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>; Monte Davis <montedavis at verizon.net>; "pynchon-l at waste.org" <pynchon-l at waste.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 10:27 PM
Subject: Re: AtD: Heart of Darkness



Geography and Destiny? 
Ebony and Ivory?

Columbus OH is a delusional dry old maid.  It used to desire the Ocean.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ituP5X7kP64&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DituP5X7kP64


I went back to Ohio but my city was gone 
There was no train station; there was no downtown 
South Howard had disappeared; all my favorite places 
My city had been pulled down - reduced to parking spaces 
Way to go, Ohio 

I went back to Ohio but my family was gone 
I stood on the back porch, there was nobody home 
I was stunned and amazed 
My childhood memories slowly swirled past like the wind through the trees 
Way to go, Ohio 

I went back to Ohio 
But my pretty countryside had been paved down the middle by a government that had no pride 
The farms of Ohio had been replaced by shopping malls 
And muzak filled the air from Seneca to Cuyahoga Falls 
Way to go, Ohio.
On Tuesday, October 15, 2013, David Morris wrote:

Not small, I'd say.  Big.
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>On Tuesday, October 15, 2013, rich wrote:
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>some small aside about christopher columbus or The Ohio State University? 
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>>On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>and Midwesterner Horst Loeffler of BE 'as emotional as a
>>>grain elevator", sez Maxine's voice....
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>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: Monte Davis <montedavis at verizon.net>
>>>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>>>Cc:
>>>Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 4:11 AM
>>>Subject: AtD: Heart of Darkness
>>>
>>>"Merle understood that he must never if he could avoid it set foot within
>>>the limits of this place again. 'If the U.S. was a person,' he later became
>>>fond of saying, 'and it *sat down*, Columbus, Ohio would instantly be
>>>plunged into darkness.'"
>>>
>>>http://www.shorpy.com/node/16283?size=_original#caption
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>>>Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
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>>>Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
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