Parting is all we know of Heaven
And all we need of Hell.
Emily Dickinson
They deconstruct trees to reconstruct spires
in another derivative Eden
and reroute the icebergs of Niflheim
to perpetuate a single season.
The River Styx they’ve polluted;
Lethe they drained away
and Heaven, the Magic Kingdom
has a cruel toll to pay.
Day 27 ~ CRUEL
Toni is our host in The Imaginary Garden today, asking for Ezra Pound couplets and contrasting images. I have strayed (once again) from the precise instructions.
so, Disneyland is about 30 minutes from me. I've been thrice. Once, about a decade ago with my then young sons. At about age 8, over 50 years ago. And at age 1 or 2, if the photos are to be believed.
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I visited Disneyworld, Florida in the 80s. Having grown up in the 20th century when an animated movie came out once a year, if we were lucky, it seemed magical then but that was before the franchise mutated into the many-headed monster it is now.
DeleteThere is a wonderful fairytale by HC Anderson called the Nightingale that caught some of the essence of this... the emperor loved the nightingale so much that he had an artificial one made... but when it failed the emperor fell ill. Only the real nightingale could cure him and came back in the end.
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Yes, I am very familiar with all of Hans Christian Anderson's tales but I wonder if the present generations would even notice the artifice any longer. Everything is filtered and upgraded. It is sad.
DeleteA cruel toll to pay indeed. Ironic that there is no tree tall enough still standing,in France, to rebuild the cathedral tower. I imagine Canada will happily send them some, they cant cut our old growth fast enough.
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