There are some truths for whom, since their conception,
the way is doomed,
so that the whole of their lives—
though they be lifted, it might seem,
out of themselves,
for a while, rescued—
possess one fate and one alone
which is to tear their way toward death,
(Helena, MT)– The atmosphere was tense in the courtoom of Room 14 at Helena High School as the prosecution opened its case against
celebrated author Mark Twain on Thursday. The prosecution, led by attorneys Keegan and Kara, offered a stinging critique of Twain’s famous novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
The whiskey on your breath
Could make a small boy dizzy;
But I hung on like death:
Such waltzing was not easy.
Some nights are difficult for me, listen:
I want to talk about that hunger
that rises up in the old house;
I want to talk about the loneliness
that wakes at two a.m.
and stares at the deserted bed;
I suddenly thought of Brenda Hatfield, queen
of the 5th grade, Concord Elementary.
A very thin, shy girl, almost
as tall as Audrey Hepburn,
but blond.