Saturday, October 8, 2005

[1871 - Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicks over lantern starting great Chicago fire]

[1890 - Eddie Rickenbacker, aviator, WW-I ace, MoH winner, born in Columbus, Ohio]

[1920 - Frank Herbert, sci-fi writer, born in Tacoma, Washington]

Pursuit of Sleep

Our path is sleep's courtship.
The very young fight her;
The very old embrace her.
Between, never satisfied, we chase her.

At last we seduce her.
Then once she is ours,
Can't we just be friends?
Comes a night that never ends.

William's Whimsical Words:

Now I lay me down to sleep . . . .

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