September 16, 2002

the germ, the speck, the spot, the first drop, the scratch, the inkling, the dink, the dankery, dankery-do, the where-with-you: the festering idea of the Tale of Two Valleys, One of Paper, One of Steel What do they have betwixt common: carbon. The stuff of stars (space art) We take their taconite from their Range; there is a box sitting in the Youngstown University: it is red and white & black and reads: "Appleton Papers".... Here in Youngstown we've fallen down, sweet Jenny, you furnace, you! burning bright, get out to do those mills, get out, get out 'cause now he sings of the Rising... It's hot and cold, and now the sun is shining. The hiker from the hills is alive!