Nostalgia

The days
when Hemingway
was on par
with movie stars

is long gone.

— Dave Gessner
http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/we-are-all-poets-now/
http://collinkelley.blogspot.com/2010/04/tinkers-tailors-soldiers-poets.html

Crying

Streaks
of rust
had run
like
ancient
bloody
tears.

— Stephen King, "Desperation"