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Newspaper Page TextT H E N O R T H C O A S T T IM E S E A G L E , A P R I L 1987 P A G E 13 AMERICA F o r s o lo n g y o u w e r e n a i v e , a g i r l w ith e v e r y t h i n g to o f f e r r e a d i n g lo v e a n d f o r t u n e lik e a m a p on y o u r b e d . A m e r ic a , w h e r e is a r t d e c o ? D o n 't y o u r e m e m b e r ? I to o k y o u to N e w Y o r k a n d P a r i s . O th e s h e e n y o u r s i l k b l o u s e t h r e w b a c k w h e n o u r g o o d b y e s b le w l ik e l i g h t d o w n th e h a l l w a y o f th e p a s t ! W hy a r e t h e s e s h e e t s s o g r e y ? A n d h o w d id w e e n d u p in C l e v e l a n d w a t c h in g t h e n e w s a n d r e r u n s ? W ho p i n c h e d th e s u g a r e d r o s e F r o m th e b i r t h d a y c a k e ? A m e r ic a , I w a n te d to t e l l y ou t h a t th e t r u e e y e o f th e e a r t h is w a t e r . N o w t h e s e t r u t h s g l o a t lik e th e u p tu r n e d b e lly o f a f is h . A n d w h e re is o u r h i s t o r y ? A ll t h a t r e m a i n s a r e t h e n a m e s o f c a r s : F a ir la n e , Im p a la , V e n tu ra — e m p ty , s u p e rflu o u s g e s tu r e s r e m in is c e n t of a v irtu e lo s t. T h e r o m a n c e of th is c o u n try i s c o m m e r c e , th e b l u s h on y o u r c h e e k s is g o n e , a n d n o w y o u 'r e a m a n i k i n w h o a g a i n s t th e n e w s u n s k e tc h e s a g e s tu r e of p a rd o n . kalynn M ARK IR W IN REAGONOMICS? A N A C T O R , W IT H IN H IS C R A F T , IS A N A R T I S T . T H E P L A Y E R C R E A T E S V E R S I M IL I T U D E — D I R E C T S A N D P R O D U C E S IT T H E S O R R Y T R U T H IS C A N V A S A N D B A L S A W O O D . T H E S P E C T A T O R R E L A X E S A N D E N JO Y S T H E IL L U S IO N - B U T , R E F L E C T IN G U PO N T H E F A K E R Y — W A L K S O U T B E F O R E T H E C O N C L U S IO N . K A TH LEEN STEV EN S PO LITICAL SONG R ead y a s w e e d s , c o rru p tio n c o n s p ire s t o c a t c h u s h a lf w a y b e t w e e n h a l l a n d s t a i r w h e r e s m u g l i t t l e p r o m i s e s f o llo w l ik e c h o i r s a n d o d o r s o f c o m p r o m i s e p e r f u m e th e a i r . A lr e a d y to m o r r o w a r r i v e s lik e a tr u c k w h o s e t i r e s a r e f l a t , w h o s e f u e l p u m p is s h o t . W e 'r e c a l l i n g p u r e w o m e n w i t h o u t a n y lu c k ; w e 'r e s t u c k w ith th e s t o c k fu n d w e s h o u l d n 't h a v e b o u g h t. thought TH # 6^'ai O c to b e r w ill b la c k e n , N o v e m b e r w ill c ro w , l e a v i n g o u r m o b s t e r s m u r d e r e d in b e d u n t i l th e p l e a b a r g a i n d e s c e n d s a s a lo w p r e s s u r e s y s t e m a d d r e s s e d f r o m th e c o p s to th e F e d s . K A T H R Y N C H A M B E R L A IN W h en f a s h i o n r e t u r n s w ith th e g n a w in g o f s p r i n g a n d m o r a l s h a v e c h a n g e d t o th e w h im o f d e s i g n e r s , w e 'l l lo o k in th e c l o s e t s a n d n o t f in d a t h in g , r e s ig n o u r c o m m is s io n s , s h ip o u t on a l in e r . FROGS ON THE ROAD W IL L IA M LOGAN A f t e r tw o d a y s o f r a i n t h e f r o g s a r e o n th e m o v e , s e a r c h in g fo r m a te s a n d g o o d e g g - la y in g p o o ls . T he ro a d l i e s in th e w a y . M y h e a d l i g h t s c a t c h th e s m o o t h w h ite b e l l i e s o f t h o s e c r u s h e d b y k i d s in t h e i r 4 X 4 s , w h o s w e r v e t o h i t t h e m a n d k e e p c o u n t; an d th o s e s m a s h e d by th e ir f a th e r s , c o m in g h o m e f r o m th e s w in g - s h if t, t o o t i r e d to c a r e . I t 's a q u i c k d e a t h a s t i r e s c r u n c h o v e r : a n e x p lo s io n of lig h t a n d th e n th e d a r k n e s s . F r o g l e g s f o r c r o w s in th e m o r n i n g . S o m e , b a c k l e g s p a s t e d to th e p a v e m e n t , t r y to d r a g t h e m s e l v e s t o w a r d t h e c a c o p h o n o u s c h o r u s o f c r o a k i n g b e y o n d th e r o a d . T h e n th e n e x t c a r c o m e s . " W e ll," y o u c a n s a y , " i t 's a s h o r t l if e f o r f r o g s a n y w a y ." I d r i v e s lo w th o u g h and dodge as m any as I can. JA M E S DOTT J IM B L A I R