that had killed him.
I live with that thought. But I believe that there can be forgiveness.
I'm working for it. Or, rather, we're working for it.
Vicki and I. Together.
THE END
IN THE KEY CHORD OF
DAWN
STEPHEN KING
first appeared in
Contraband#2 Onan 1971
In the key-chords of dawn
all waters are depthless.
The fish flash recalls
timberline clefts where water
pours between the rocks of frost.
We live the night and wait
for the day dream
(we fished the Mississippi with
Norville as children
catching mostly crawdaddies from
the brown silk water)
when we say 'love is responsibility';
our poles are adrift in a sea of compliments.
Now you fish for me and I for you.
The line, the red bobber, the worm on the hook: the fishing more
than the
eating: bones and scales and gutting knife make a loom of
complexity so we are
forced to say 'fishing is responsibility'
and put away our poles.
Jhonathan and the Witches
Stephen King
From
First Words 1993, King wrote this 1956
Once upon a time there was a boy named Jhonathan. He was smart,
handsome, and very brave. But, Jhonathan was cobblers son.
One days his father said, 'Jhonathan, you must go and seek your
fortune. You are old enough.'
Jhonathan, being a smart boy knew he better ask the king for work.
So, he set out.
On the way, he met a rabbit who was a fairy in disguise. The
scared thing was being pursued by hunters and jumped into
Jhonathans arms. When the hunters came up Jhonathan pointed
excitedly and shouts, 'That way, that way !'
After the hunters had gone, the rabbit turned into a fairy and said,
'you have helped me. I will give you three wishes. What are they?'
But Jhonathan could not think of anything, so the fairy agreed to
give him when he needed them.
So Jhonathan kept walking until he made the kingdom without
