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Ketchum, Idaho by Joe CramerIn Ketchum, Idaho
No laughing hyena
As if on Kilimanjaro.
Just a ghastly scene of death
To be awakened by the
Sound of shotgun blast.
A pool of brain material
laced with blood on linoleum
In the foyer of that house.
What a waste, indeed. 02/15/1989 Author's Note: Hemingway always haunts me, in word and in life.
Posted on 12/28/2006 Copyright © 2026 Joe Cramer
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| Posted by Carissa Dewey on 02/05/08 at 01:47 AM Joe, I agree about the haunting feeling of Hemingway. I lived an hour outside of Ketchum and was everyday awestruck by the beauty that surrounded me. And on the visits I made to his grave and memorial I would always think about how he was able to take his own life while surrounded by such beauty and simplicity, it was a haunting feeling indeed. I guess this is why I like this poem, I enjoyed that you painted a gruesome picture without any mention of his natural surroundings only his manmade material ones. |
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